My Childhood Friend Has Loved Me for Years

[Childhood sweethearts + he has a crush on her + romantic push and pull + a touch of angst + happy ending]

[Noisy little ray of sunshine Zhu Qingtian × sharp-tongued, stubborn boy Shi Youyu]

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She thought it was dislike.

She never realized

that she was only putting on an act to hide her stubborn pride.

Her constant denials and avoidance came from

not wanting to admit that she had long since fallen into the sea of flowers he had planted.

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“Do you know? The person I hate most is you, Zhu Qingtian!”

“But Shi Youyu, you're the person I like most.”

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Shi Youyu and Zhu Qingtian had been together since the day they were born: their parents wrapped them in blankets and laid them side by side.

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Before either of them was old enough to remember, their parents arranged a betrothal for them. Shi Youyu didn't take it seriously when he found out, but Zhu Qingtian made it her ultimate goal in life.

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From kindergarten through elementary, middle, and high school, they attended the same school, and were even classmates and deskmates. Zhu Qingtian and both sets of parents were delighted, but Shi Youyu was at his wits' end.

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Zhu Qingtian even got better grades than Shi Youyu, and her father was always comparing him to his daughter. After a while, Shi Youyu got fed up.

He gradually began to hate his own life, a life filled to the brim with the name Zhu Qingtian.

On his birthday before graduation from senior year, Shi Youyu made a wish over the candles: “I want to escape Zhu Qingtian's clutches! I really do!”