I’m Such a Fool, Insisting on Dating You

Peng Jianan, who has been sent abroad to study at short notice, accidentally learns that his father has secretly been raising a girl as his adopted daughter for nearly a year. He immediately books a flight home, only to discover that the adopted daughter is his ex, the girl he had a devastating breakup with. On the very day Peng Jianan returns, Zhu Ying makes her first appearance as Peng Dehui’s adopted daughter at a press conference, stirring up a storm of rumors behind the scenes at their university. The school rooftop, the secret of Classroom 610, her parents’ deaths, and the scapegoat in prison are all waiting for her to uncover the truth, bit by bit. Peng Jianan and Zhu Ying seemed to have nothing to do with each other in everyone’s eyes, but they had already met as high school freshmen, when their relationship was anything but peaceful. Zhu Ying watches him in the mirror, drawing him into an even more passionate obsession with her. “So this is what you look like when you’re in love.” The next day, Peng Jianan posts a photo of a girl from behind on Instagram, sparking heated debate among the students. Wang Linjia stares at the photo, his expression calm. He should have guessed. The boy’s uniform fits the girl with the lighter in her pocket. Her voice came through Peng Jianan’s phone. During swimming class, the scratch marks on her back had shown through by accident, each time deeper than before. And later, during the basketball game, the conspicuous tattoo above her knee had been deliberately revealed. “I get the feeling Peng Jianan cares about personality. He’s probably seen enough pretty girls already.” The girls in front of him gossip about the latest rumors. Wang Linjia, who has the answer tucked away in his heart, is already irritated when the person at the center of the rumors, once again thrust into the spotlight, hears them and responds in front of everyone: “Who says I don’t like pretty girls?” He looks at him. “You know exactly what kind I like. Next time you hear that, do me a favor and set them straight.”