On the first day of college, Xiao Yu publicly beat up a senior, and Ye Qingli was just one of the many onlookers.
Like everyone else, she thought he wouldn't be able to stay at the university. But unexpectedly, Xiao Yu got off scot-free, entered school in style, and became the heartthrob of all the girls.
Ye Qingli couldn't understand—why did they like a guy like this? Posing as cold and aloof, with a terrible temper.
Until he started pursuing her.
Xiao Yu waited at her classroom door for every class, bought her all sorts of things, not asking to be her boyfriend, only begging her not to abandon him, hoping she'd let him tag along everywhere.
Ye Qingli frowned deeply. "Stop wasting your time on me. It's never going to happen."
But Xiao Yu didn't back down at all. "Why not? Name your terms."
She thought for a moment and came up with the most absurd excuse. "I don't like having a boyfriend with parents. Dealing with the relationship is too much trouble."
To her surprise, he gave the most absurd answer. "Perfect. It's just me at home."
*
At first, Xiao Yu approached her with ulterior motives, but in the end, he fell for Ye Qingli first.
On his most miserable day, when his parents kicked him around like a stray dog by the roadside, it was Ye Qingli who came to find him. Together, they watched the first snow of that year.
She said to him, "Promise me you'll be happy. From now on, every day."
Before meeting her, the first half of his life had been dark. But once she barged into his world, Xiao Yu realized that there really was light in this world.
She called him "Xiao Princess."
He asked, "Why that name?"
She replied, "Xiao sounds like 'little.'"
What else could such a delicate one be but a little princess?
Xiao Yu shrugged, neither confirming nor denying the answer.
"Delicate" as in delicate, but also "yandere."
He was the latter.
He liked her. He wanted to possess her.
*An innocent-seeming girl vs. a world-weary wanderer*
*An idealist vs. a scheming narcissist*
From campus to the city, a cold florist vs. a martial arts instructor.
