My Childhood Friend Says He's Had a Secret Crush on Me

[Complete | Loyal Rich Heir x Clear-Headed Heiress | Childhood Friends | Healing, Realistic Ensemble Cast]

[A devoted couple; the heroine is level-headed and doesn’t overthink, while the hero is aloof to outsiders and a scheming puppy at home]

[Bonus Scene]

At dawn, Lin Qianxi held up the tooth mark on her ring finger and scolded him. “You’re a dog!”

He replied, completely unrepentant, “I’m a dog, and you’re a pig. Pigs and dogs belong together. We’re made for each other!”

Then, looking aggrieved, he rested his chin in her palm and rubbed against it. “…When are you going to accept the ring? My leg’s gone numb from kneeling.”

[Synopsis]

Everyone in Xicheng says that Lin Qianxi, the Lin family heir who was exiled abroad, is crazy and useless.

Five years later, she returns to reclaim everything that belongs to her.

Her childhood friend, young master Heng Yuechuan, once got so sunburned and peeled while hauling bricks at a construction site just to earn enough for a plane ticket abroad. When they meet again, this aloof, untouchable beauty is hiding in a corner, secretly applying whitening cream so she won’t look “ugly” to her.

Everyone is waiting for her to lose control again, but instead they watch her go from academic failure to earning a place at a top university, ruin her scumbag father’s reputation, and take on the board of directors for her mother’s sake!

And Young Master Heng follows close behind her, her sharpest blade and her most loyal dog.

On Christmas when they were eighteen, they made a lifelong promise beneath the falling snow.

But a crown weighs heavy on the head. For the next two years and one month, they lost touch, each working tirelessly to grow in their own field.

When they meet again, Lin Qianxi is teaching children in a small town, while Heng Yuechuan kneels on one knee atop the plane-tree leaves and offers her a rough gemstone ring he polished himself.

The story also follows an orphan who carves a bloody path out of a desperate situation, a young master in a wheelchair embracing his imperfections, and a doctor who finds a new beginning among the ruins…

There are no contrived misunderstandings, only the clarity and restraint of adults.

Love isn’t about keeping you in one place. It’s about traveling ten thousand miles just to meet you at the summit.