Itazura Na Kiss: The Days Xiangqin Didn't Chase Zhishu

In her previous life, Yuan Xiangqin gave everything she had to pursue Jiang Zhishu, only to finally realize that moving someone couldn't make them fall in love. Reborn in 2026, she unexpectedly activates the Academic Prodigy System, and her cooking, painting, and studies all improve by leaps and bounds. She tears up her diary, lets go of her obsession, and stops being the foolish girl who revolves around him. She even asks to move out of the Jiang family home, but Jiang's mother flatly refuses. At first, Jiang Zhishu enjoys the peace and quiet. But when Yuan Xiangqin no longer follows him with her eyes, when she repeatedly makes the top ten in her grade, astonishes the whole school with her paintings, and shines at the cooking station, he realizes that the girl who once had eyes only for him has risen to a place where he can only look up at her. Just then, Gu Yanshen, the school board chairman's nephew, transfers in and openly admires Yuan Xiangqin with gentle sincerity. His childhood friend Su Nianqing also enters their lives, going from constantly clashing with Yuan Xiangqin to becoming her most steadfast friend. The person she chases after has changed, and youth spins completely out of control. In this life, Yuan Xiangqin will no longer chase after someone from a place of inferiority. First, she will become a whole person, then write her own ending.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.