Of All People, I Had to Meet You

A flutter of the heart makes no sense. It just has to be you, and yet, somehow, it also isn't you.

In her final year of high school, Shen Jiayue is the “best frenemy” on her close friend Lin Wanxing's quest for love. To help Lin Wanxing win over Zhou Rui, the “iceberg” of the science class, Shen Jiayue throws away all sense of pride: she offers a reward for his name, waits to ambush him with a note, and shares her screen to advise her friend... Yet Zhou Rui's only response is a chilly, “I'm not dating anyone, thanks.”

Shen Jiayue thinks this all-out “wingwoman” mission will eventually come to an end. She never expects her younger sister, Shen Jiayu, who is in her second year of high school, to run into Zhou Rui in King's Canyon. There are no contrived setups, just unspoken understanding as they fight side by side in the canyon and everyday chats on QQ. “Master” becomes “Brother Zhou Rui”; there's a Yao skin as a birthday surprise. Zhou Rui shows a side of himself Shen Jiayue has never known, taking the initiative and being gentle. He even posts a string of melancholy updates to his Moments after being blocked.

When Lin Wanxing discovers that the profile picture of the “mysterious girl” Zhou Rui can't stop thinking about looks astonishingly like Shen Jiayue's, her trust collapses in an instant. “Who is Jiayu?” Faced with the accusation, Shen Jiayue's silence becomes the final straw that breaks their friendship. Two close friends fall out over an accusation of “deception.”

A love pursued with all her might, yet somehow never reached its destination;**

**a heart stirred by an unexpected encounter, yet somehow quietly finding its way in.**

This is the youth Shen Jiayue lived through, a story of crossed signals and growing up called "Fatefully, I Met You".