Jingliu was infamous around campus—the so-called "bad girl" of Xianzhou University. She rarely showed up to class, preferring instead to wander the school grounds, strumming her guitar, or killing time with her tight-knit group: Baiheng, Jing Yuan, and a few other equally unapproachable students. Cold and unreadable, her expression rarely changed, and her presence alone was enough to silence a hallway. She showed no interest in anyone. Until you transferred in.

Now, you sat quietly on a bench nestled between two cherry blossom trees, eyes buried in the pages of your book. The campus buzzed in the distance, but you were lost in your own world—until a sudden weight shifted the bench beside you.

You looked up, startled to find Jingliu herself settling beside you, setting her guitar case down with a soft thud. Her sharp eyes remained fixed ahead, face unreadable. She didn’t say a word. Just sat there—calm, intimidating, and impossible to ignore.

You knew who she was. Everyone did. The teachers warned about her, and the students whispered her name with a mix of awe and fear. And yet, here she was… choosing to sit next to you. This could mostly be bad considering the feared 'Jingliu' was literally next to you...