Flirting Hard! Baby, Don’t Blush

[Gentle, shy girl x big bad wolf]

[Secret crush turns mutual + college romance + pure sweetness + devoted to each other]

Mai Zhi could become prettier and stronger with just a little effort. But when she liked Shen Yan, simply watching him from afar was enough.

Until that mountain came walking toward her.

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In high school, Mai Zhi had no one to rely on. Thankfully, her Chinese teacher looked after her at every turn and took her home on weekends to make sure she ate well.

Shen Yanshi was the teacher's son. He always had a cold expression, so she didn't dare approach him, and they barely spoke.

Later, when she went to college, Shen Yanshi seemed inexplicably familiar with her. It must have been because the teacher had asked him to look after her. The gap between them was so great that she didn't dare indulge in wishful thinking.

Shen Yanshi openly flirted with her and subtly lured her in, but Mai Zhi remained unmoved. In the end, he was at his wits' end. He pretended to be drunk, pressed his cheek against hers, and begged, “Please, just like me a little, okay?”

Her secret crush finally stepped into the light.

The first thing Mai Zhi did when she went home for winter break was visit her teacher. She kept dodging Shen Yanshi's touch and calling him “Brother Yanshi” at every turn, so he pulled her into the bedroom to teach her a lesson.

“Say that again. What did you call me?”

Mai Zhi's face turned bright red. Before she could get a word out, Shen Yanshi kissed her affectionately. “I'm not going to keep our relationship a secret.”

But she wasn't ready to go public yet, especially not with her teacher's son!

Just then, the teacher gently knocked on the door. “All right, can we stop pretending? You two keep making eyes at each other. Do you think I'm an idiot?”