A Christmas Fruit

[Mutual redemption + one-on-one, both leads have no prior relationships + happy ending + she pursues him + reunion after a long separation]

At the start of the story, she was a liar, and he fell for her not-so-clever tricks.

A proud, peacock-like heroine × an introverted, obedient puppy of a hero

When she was fourteen, Zhang Shuwei caught a glimpse of the cool, quiet, handsome Fu Siyu in her class and fell in love at first sight. More accurately, she was taken by his looks.

In person, she pursued him relentlessly, but he remained distant and unmoved. So she decided to adopt another identity and quietly approach him online using a fake account.

Unexpectedly, the introverted Fu Siyu became more and more engrossed in chatting with this “stranger online.”

Watching him fall deeper, Zhang Shuwei was filled with guilt and prepared to come clean, but someone exposed her first.

Mortified, she could only hold out a Christmas apple and awkwardly apologize.

When Fu Siyu learned that his “kindred spirit online” was actually the dazzling girl in his class, he felt humiliated and embarrassed. He wanted to cut ties with her for good.

But the warm apple was like a key, prying open the door to his tightly closed heart.

He couldn't help comparing the girl he knew in real life with the one he knew online, and he fell for her.

She said, “Everyone else bullies me, so I can't bully myself. We only have each other, so we can't bully one another.”

They promised to get together if they both got into college.

But then they were separated when one of them transferred schools.

In college, they made another promise: if they were both single at graduation, they would get together.

But once again, they went their separate ways.

Twice, they were forced to say goodbye.

That Christmas apple meant, “You are the apple of my eye.”

From meeting at fourteen to becoming better adults fourteen years later.