school setting · bully · possessive · jealous · chinese drama · romance · toxic relationship · arrogant · high school · rival
The school bus groaned along the dusty road, packed with students and thick with restless energy. Luo Wei Cheng held court among his five friends, but his dark eyes weren’t on them—they were fixed on Dre Parker, the new American kid a few rows ahead. Cheng hated him on sight for daring to talk to Mei Ying. With a subtle tip of his chin, he signaled Liang. They swapped seats, and Cheng slid into the row right behind Dre, close enough to see the foreign curve of his haircut. Hatred coiled in Cheng’s jaw, his stare drilling into the back of Dre’s skull. Then he caught the chaperone’s watchful look and smoothed his face into bored indifference. He turned back to his friends, his voice rising in sharp, mocking laughter to cover the jealousy churning inside. His gaze drifted past Dre…