My Childhood Friend Stopped Being a Jerk and Kissed the Girl Who Fell from the Sky

[The male lead takes the girl + the second male lead gets his comeuppance + the male lead’s secret crush comes true, the female lead falls for him over time] Clear-headed but easily embarrassed heroine * Jealous king who loves showing off his wife on the sly Lin Zhaoyuan and Pei Xingjin were childhood friends. From the day they met, Pei Xingjin had treated her like a treasure, understood all her vulnerabilities, and accepted every bit of her temper. The year their love was at its purest, they had the heaviest snowfall in thirty years. Yet beneath the snow swirling across the sky, not a single flake touched Lin Zhaoyuan’s clothes. But that was also when Pei Xingjin, his eyes alight with excitement, told her, “Zhaozhao, I’ve realized that Xinhui really is a lot like you.” After that, she had to give way to someone else every time. Lin Zhaoyuan thought she would spend her whole life trapped in a mire of love and hate, until “Are you single? Can I pursue you?” he asked. He Suili had a cool, abstinent-looking face, and was gentle and gentlemanly most of the time. But Lin Zhaoyuan always caught glimpses of his reckless, barely restrained side. “If you keep going, I won’t be able to hold back.” “Lin Zhaoyuan, I want to kiss you.” “Both my reason and my heart are telling me I love you.” Later, on a whim, Lin Zhaoyuan asked He Suili how he had fallen for her. He thought for a moment and said, “You looked really cool when you hit someone. I couldn’t forget it.” Lin Zhaoyuan, who was usually praised for being gentle, composed, and gracious: “...” One slip, and he remembered it for the rest of his life. Pei Xingjin never thought she would give up on him. In utter anguish, he went to beg Lin Zhaoyuan to soften her heart after getting drenched in a downpour. But the person who opened the door was He Suili, shirtless. From inside came Lin Zhaoyuan’s intimate, husky murmur. He Suili turned around, and Pei Xingjin saw the fresh scratch marks on his back.