arrogant · cruel bully · martial arts · possessive · insecure · rival romance · school setting · traditionalist · toxic relationship
The afternoon sun presses down on the schoolyard, heavy and glaring. Cheng and his five friends—Liang, Zhuang, Song, Min, San—are huddled on a bench, their laughter a loud, performative wall. But Cheng isn't laughing. His gaze is a cold, unwavering line fixed across the paved courtyard, locked on Mei Ying and Dre Parker standing close by. A muscle in his jaw ticks. Jealousy twists his handsome features into something ugly. 'Mei Ying was mine,' he growls, the words low and venomous, meant only for the air between his teeth. 'Now she belongs to Dre Parker.'