Fake playboy × aloof, insecure beauty + mutual pining + sweet campus romance
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Jiang Chen stops Lin Wei and awkwardly apologizes. “I’m sorry. I treated you badly yesterday.” He hands her a box of her favorite brand of chocolates. “It’s just… seeing you laugh with someone else made this feel awful.” He points to his heart.
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Lin Wei waits for Jiang Chen outside the teaching building. Rain falls as she looks straight at him, her voice trembling slightly. “Teacher Wu said… you secretly read my essay in high school. Jiang Chen, tell me, was the person you liked in high school… me?”
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Now free of his inhibitions, Jiang Chen turns into a devoted boyfriend-in-training, caring for her in every way and staying on call almost twenty-four hours a day. Lin Wei laughs and cries at once, telling him to act normal, but he says, “I held back for too long. I can’t help it.”
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One quiet night, they take a walk around the sports field. Lin Wei rests her head on Jiang Chen’s shoulder and softly says, “Thank you for liking the unremarkable me, even back in high school.” Jiang Chen tightens his arms around her. “I should be thanking you for letting me meet you.”
