Jonah

“Maybe it's just sheer pettiness, but I want to prove to my m... my adoptive mother," Jiang Cheng said, then frowned—it wasn’t like she would find out—"that I'm not gonna rot in the place she dumped me. I'm gonna go far from here."
"Yeah." Gu Fei stretched. "A shithole like this? No one wants to stay here.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2

“Nobody could do whatever they wanted. Not Gu Fei, and not himself. The same way he didn't want to stay in Li Baoguo's house, or this unfamiliar, run-down city; the way he didn't want the life set out before him, but had no choice but to face it.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“Are you bringing these people as your teammates, or as your cheerleaders?" Jiang Cheng asked.
Wang Xu glanced at the guys beside him, then glared back at Jiang Cheng. "What, you scared?"
"Cheerleaders are fine by me," Jiang Cheng said, sizing them up as he approached. "But if they're going to fight, then you better get the order straight among yourselves first.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“Aren't you tired of taking pictures?" Jiang Cheng asked. "You've been shooting the whole day."
"Not if they're of you," said Gu Fei.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2