Seventeen Vine Moon

Jiang Li first met Liang Zhou Yue while she was uncomfortably dressed in a gown, hiding in his resting room to adjust her attire. 
Seeing him, she became so nervous that she couldn't pull up the zipper, her embarrassment palpable. 
That day, Jiang Li felt an unusual tug at his heartstrings and helped her with the zipper twice. 
Upon their next encounter, he was the campus prince, and she was everyone's darling. 
He played basketball on the field, while she, in her flowing dress, sat in her boyfriend's passenger seat. 
It was then that Jiang Li understood he had to see things through to the bitter end. 
To seize love forcefully, to take advantage of her vulnerability. 
After all, such a beautiful woman should naturally belong to him. 

Liang Zhou Yue never thought she would be liked by a man five years her junior. 
He was rebellious, cold, proud, and remote, but he always responded to her every request. 
On a hot summer day, Liang Zhou Yue was stopped by a downpour at the entrance of the teaching building, with swirling filthy water and sludge on the steps below. 
As she worried about how to return to her dorm, a man's rigid spine bent in front of her. 
Jiang Li's tone was always so languid, casually stirring distress: "Sister, I'm afraid you're scared. I especially came to carry you home today." 
In that moment, Jiang Li, who had never gotten close to a girl before, submitted to her before everyone.

Deliberate Infatuation

Although she didn't want to admit it, Liang Zhouyue knew very well that since Jiang Li's call, she had been distracted and had no interest in continuing her happy date with He Jinseng.


But out of courtesy, she still stayed with him until seven o'clock in the evening.


"Are you going back to school? I'll take you there."


He Jinseng was holding Liang Zhouyue's bag, which he had insisted on carrying.


Thinking about Jiang Li's call, Liang Zhouyue was slightly conflicted, but still understood what was more important and replied, "I've made plans with a friend. We'll do some shopping and then take a taxi back together."


He Jinseng didn't ask further and just nodded obediently, handing her bag back to her.


After parting with him, Liang Zhouyue walked back along Central Street and sent a WeChat message to Jiang Li.


Moon doesn't talk: "I'm done. Where will we meet?"


Little Yue: "Send me your location and I'll come pick you up."


Chapter 20 Thick-skinned