His Lush Summer Romance

Docile and frail versus lazy and cool.

A light ensemble cast + pure first love sweet romance + everyday slow-burn.

Tan Sili is cold, roguish, and arrogant, with an exceptionally handsome face and an aura of wild, carefree ease. He is the undeniable campus celebrity at school.

Jiang Zhi transfers to Shanghai No. 1 High School and is exposed as a genius girl, becoming famous as soon as she enrolls.

The first time she sees Tan Sili, she thinks his voice sounds somewhat familiar and cannot help looking at him a few extra times.

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On the first day they meet, the boy has a lazy smile on his face that does not reach his eyes. He lifts his eyelids and tilts his head, teasingly asking, "Little sister? Satisfied?"

Jiang Zhi is stunned for a moment, then subconsciously replies, "Satisfied."

Tan Sili only thinks this person is a little dazed.

Later, he pulls her into his arms and kisses her until she can barely breathe.

During the gap in her breathing, the boy lowers his voice beside her ear, his tone languid, his voice ambiguous and bewitching.

"Baby, you like my voice so much. Want me to breathe for you?"

*

When Tan Sili is mentioned, everyone's evaluation of him is that he's one heck of a cocky guy, completely ignorant of what it means to cherish a girl.

Until the day of the mixers' party, they watch the usually loose and proud boy bend down, using a gentle tone they have never heard before as he softly comforts the girl in his arms.

"Will you stop crying?"

"Or... should I be your boyfriend-mom?"

*

Later still, Jiang Zhi disappears without saying goodbye.

Tan Sili gets early admission and never comes to school again.

When she sees him again, it is at a class reunion years later.

He is still that favored son of heaven.

When the private-room door is pushed open again, everyone is stunned.

In the next second, they see the man step forward, gather her into his arms, and bury his face at her neck, acting spoiled and aggrieved.

"Wifey, why are you so late?"

Everyone: ?

Why is this not quite what they imagined?