[Two Powerful Families] [Two Strong Leads] [Childhood Friends] [Secret Crush] [Healing]
[Cool-Headed, Unhinged Capricorn] [Sensitive, Suspicious, Sharp-Tongued Scorpio]
Lu Xingzhuo discovers that he's the doomed third male lead in a romance novel, destined to fall out with his best friend over the heroine, drive his parents to their deaths, and spend the rest of his life in prison.
Watching the weepy, delicate heroine, he stares at the sky in disbelief.
The screenwriter has clearly never seen anything good.
To change his ending, he throws himself into his friend's arms. "A Zhi, save me!"
Gu Zhi eyes his childhood friend, who has just finished fighting and declared that they'd have to kill each other. "You don't like her anymore?"
"I don't. Women are trouble. Only brothers are real!"
Lu Xingzhuo swears he'll help his friend escape the pitfall and break free of the plot's control.
But as they keep acting things out, why does something feel off?
Gu Zhi says, "Read some health education material and test how strong the heroine's control is."
Lu Xingzhuo does.
But the face he imagines is his friend's...
Lu Xingzhuo decides to burn his bridges. "Let's go on blind dates together. It'll solve the problem efficiently."
"Sure." Gu Zhi readily agrees. "We'll go on dates together, too."
In the end, the heroine is the one who can't take it anymore.
Bai Youwei: "You keep saying you love me, but one of you is always wearing a cold expression and never says a word, while the other keeps giving me things I don't even like."
Lu Xingzhuo protests. "What's wrong with the things I gave you?"
Bai Youwei is beside herself. "I told you, I don't like sweets! I'm allergic to pollen! Who is this person who likes cake and cherry blossoms and wearing sneakers?!"
"..."
Lu Xingzhuo thinks for a long while, then turns and sees Gu Zhi leaning against the wall, smiling at him.
