You Can't Like Anyone Else

[Arrogant, cool big sister × passionate puppy] [Childhood friends + college campus + childhood friend beats the newcomer + a couple who love and fight each other] Question: What should I do after things go wrong with my closest male friend? “6” “Looks like a new account trying to drive traffic. Recommend adding more details.” “See if the other person expects you to take responsibility. If not, I’d say don’t feel too bad, bro. Maybe they were just using you.” That night, Chu Mingyue hides under the covers and replies to the third comment: “Dude, I’m a girl.” * Chu Mingyue and Chen Qiaoyi are childhood friends who keep competing to be each other’s dad. When they reach that sensitive, awkward stage of adolescence, Chu Mingyue tries to distance herself from Chen Qiaoyi, so she won’t be the kind of girl who acts sweet around boys. She even calls him a “psycho.” That night, Chen Qiaoyi shows up with red-rimmed eyes to reproach her over a grilled sausage: “You’ve changed. We used to sleep together, play marbles together, catch crabs together, skip class together, and put cicadas in our Chinese teacher’s textbook… And I was even the one who taught you to shake after you peed. Have you forgotten all that?” * In college, Chu Mingyue has just broken up with someone when she accidentally ends up in bed with Chen Qiaoyi. She deeply condemns herself for what she did! She refuses to listen when he says he’ll take responsibility. Then he seduces her with his eight-pack abs. She insists, “Aren’t you leaving?” After friends become lovers, she says, “Don’t be so intense with your love.” On the way back, Chen Qiaoyi is so sleepy he leans on her shoulder and nods off, his head drooping. Chu Mingyue endures the discomfort of having her hair pinned beneath him, supporting his head with her palm the whole way. Chu Mingyue: How could I fall for a puppy? Chen Qiaoyi: Wifey, wifey, wifey! P.S. A companion story to She’s Such a Good Girl Sweet girl × cool guy, a crush comes true