After We Broke Up, He Couldn’t Keep Up the Act

Tags: Second male lead takes the lead | Two strong leads | Romantic tension | Scheming, alluring man | University campus

Lin Zhi is A University’s famously cool beauty, raking in scholarships and running student council affairs with decisive efficiency. Her boyfriend, Song Yu, is gentle and refined, and everyone considers them the perfect couple. Then Song Yu’s unattainable first love, Meng Li, returned from abroad. One late-night post on her social media read, “The moon is still rounder back home,” with a photo of Song Yu’s profile.

Lin Zhi broke up with him that very day and decisively blocked him everywhere. Song Yu chased her to the dormitory, but she only tossed out one sentence: “Don’t make me look down on you.”

Everyone waited for her to fall apart, but she only shone brighter than before, winning gold in competitions, publishing in prestigious journals, and landing one internship offer after another.

Zhou Yan.

A celebrated figure in the finance department, always dressed in a shirt and trousers, with a smile that was distant yet impeccable. Everyone knew he had an “unforgettable first love,” and every year, without fail, he sent her a bouquet of white roses on her birthday.

Zhou Yan was the most patient of hunters. He never crossed the line. He simply stayed there, like air, seeping into every corner.

“Song Yu doesn’t deserve your decisiveness.” One rainy night, he walked her back to the dorm under his umbrella. “But Zhou Yan does.”

Lin Zhi looked up at him. The calculation in the man’s eyes was finally out in the open.