Run Wild Quotes

“Gu Fei was his perfect teammate, his deskmate with whom he shared an unspeakable secret. But now, all of it had been swept aside to make way for things he had never thought about twice. This kind of chaotic darkness had always seemed distant to him—but Gu Fei had suddenly become part of the shadows.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2

“Screw you." Jiang Cheng said in a stuffy voice.
"Mm," Gu Fei answered, still patting him gently. Then he turned his head and planted a kiss on the tip of Jiang Cheng's ear. It was a gesture that surprised even himself—he couldn't justify it.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2

“I couldn't save him. I didn't know how to swim, and I was almost frozen stiff." Gu Fei's voice got lower and lower. "But I wanted him to die. I stood there and watched as he sank down. I just...watched.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2

“You find everyone annoying," Gu Fei chuckled. "When I first met you, you looked like you could start a fight at any second.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2

“You can't even remember people's names," said Gu Fei.
"It's not that I can't remember." Jiang Cheng sighed. "I just can't be bothered to remember. My brain isn't a dumpster—I need it to remember useful things."
Gu Fei nodded. "You're right. Remembering directions isn't useful at all."
"Shut up," said Jiang Cheng.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2

“Life's easier if you just watch from the sidelines.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2

“When he wasn't overthinking their dynamic, Gu Fei was the only person he could completely relax around.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2

“Never again having a home, or parents—that was a mindset he'd been contending with for a while now. From the day they'd told him he was adopted, he'd already known that he would never have a home again. After he came here, the feeling only grew clearer. So why would he suddenly shed tears after declaring himself an orphan?”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2

“Hey." Jiang Cheng rubbed his forehead. "She knows about you, right?"
"Yup. Confession. rejection, coming out—all done in one go," said Gu Fei.
"That's fucking brutal."
"That's why I say it's better to keep your distance from the start. Sure beats rejection.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2

“Tolerance and acceptance only existed for fictional characters. Real life was ruthless.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2

“There are tons of fucked-up things and fucked-up people in this world. You just didn't encounter them before you came here.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2

“Jiang Cheng didn't get excited easily, especially not during tournaments. He'd always played point guard, which required calm observation. Even showy moves were a matter of skill, not emotion. But now, with the crowd erupting like a volcano and his crappy little team playing remarkably well, he found it hard to stay levelheaded.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2

“Gu Fei was a big name in school—a mysterious, awe-inspiring figure who seemed to be somehow simultaneously a lone wolf and the leader of the pack. He never fought with anyone, yet nobody would ever dare pick a fight with him.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2

“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

“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

“Want a cigarette?" Gu Fei asked.
Jiang Cheng turned and gave him a look. "Oh, a post-coital smoke?”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2

“Don't you fucking lecture me," Jiang Cheng hissed hoarsely, his eyelids snapping open. "I've heard enough of that. We've already seen proof that your lectures have no effect on someone like me. I'm not like my little brother, I'm not like you, and that's how it's always been! Everything you say sounds berating to me, and everything I say offends you! And now I'm at my real home; is that not enough?!”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2

“Perfect partners, huh? Jiang Cheng quite liked this label.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2

“It might scare you if I told you."
"Go on, scare me," Jiang Cheng said.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2

“I've got a quick temper, but I try my best to keep it under control. Failing that, I guess it sucks to be whoever the fuck has to deal with it.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2

“I'll treat you to dinner later, orphan boy."
Jiang Cheng managed a little smile, "Sure.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2

“What do you plan to do from now on?" Gu Fei asked.
"I haven't thought about it." Jiang Cheng turned and sneezed, then said between sniffles, "I'm not going back there in any case. I'm nobody's son. From now on, I'm a fucking orphan.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2

“His father's barbaric ways, the brutality that plagued his childhood nightmares, had somehow been written into his blood without him even noticing.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2

“The only way...
The only way.
Gu Fei suddenly felt like lamenting. He had learned the only way from his dad.
Finish your enemy off with one move, so that they would never dare to touch you again.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2

“In there, people like me were considered good kids." Gu Fei chuckled. "Spending time with reform school kids will teach you what it really means to be beyond saving. You can't even imagine how terrible someone can be at such a young age. I stayed there for a year and a half, and I don't want to have anything to do with those people ever again.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2

“Some people were cat magnets; some people had dogs follow them home. Jiang Cheng might just be a magnet for strange children...”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2