Pretending Not to Know My Childhood Sweetheart

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Blurb for this novel

[Grumpy vs. clever | dog x cat | childhood friends pretending not to know each other | handsome top, pretty bottom]

[Stone-faced, cool guy with a romance-addled heart top x cheerful, adorable, flirtatious bottom] Chapter comments are open

Short blurb [the 23 chapters have been taken down]:

One day, while they were out for a walk in the neighborhood, a neighbor asked how the two of them were related.

Lu Da replied, "Friends."

Ran Rang said, "Neighbors."

They answered in unison, glanced at each other, then spoke at the same time again.

Ran Rang: "We just know each other."

Lu Da added, "Yeah, we're not close."

Even though Ran Rang had left pinch marks on his waist, and Lu Da had left a bite mark on Ran Rang's shoulder.

But the average life expectancy worldwide was seventy-three. By that measure, they had only known each other for a little over twenty years, and had been dating since they became adults. They really couldn't be called close.

Long blurb: [Chapters 1 and 2 have been taken down; chapters 3 through 28 have been taken down; chapters 3 through 53 have been taken down]

01.

Shortly before his internship, Lu Da ran away to an unfamiliar little city after falling out with his family and became an apprentice at a bakery.

While working, he drew commissions and gathered inspiration, and his life was fairly enjoyable. Thanks to his extraordinary social skills, he became the neighborhood's darling in just a month.

One day, a new neighbor moved in across the hall.

The new neighbor was a handsome guy with a sour expression, taciturn and quiet, with the kind of downturned eyes that made him look hard to approach. But he had abs, pecs, and a V-line.

He was cold and stern, but his handsome face hit every one of Lu Da's buttons.

Unfortunately, the new neighbor seemed like a block of stone, giving Lu Da's friendly overtures little response.

But for some reason, after the new neighbor moved in, strange things started happening at Lu Da's home. Clothes vanished without a trace, water cups changed places, and he felt someone watching from the shadows.

There were also red marks on his body, and aches in his waist and back...

Lu Da suspected a thief had broken into his home, but couldn't find any evidence.

02.

Lu Da looked at his skinny arms and legs, then thought of his neighbor's abs. One night, he knocked on his neighbor's door.

"Hi, could you protect me?"

He lifted his face with a smile. His skin was fair and his features pretty, the light glowing in his amber eyes. He looked bright and completely unguarded.

The neighbor clenched the keys to Lu Da's apartment in the hand hidden behind the door. His Adam's apple bobbed as he agreed.

"...Sure."

Some time later, the sour-faced neighbor knocked on Lu Da's door and cleared his throat.

"Baby, open up. It's your husband."

03.

One day, a community service worker came by to read the meter and asked Lu Da to notify the neighbor across the hall.

Lu Da hesitated. "I'm not... very close to him."

But he agreed, and the worker thanked him profusely, then added, "What happened to your mouth?"

Lu Da kept a straight face. "I've been feeling a little overheated lately."

Lu Da saw the worker off and waited until he was gone before breathing a sigh of relief and shutting the door. The moment he turned around, someone pressed him against the door again.

The person behind him nipped at his earlobe, like some enormous beast poised to pounce. Sharp canine teeth rubbed against the soft flesh, not painfully, more like a teasing warning.

Ran Rang's fingers were broad, the thin calluses on his fingertips playfully malicious. His kiss was pointed and heavy. "Not close?"

"Is this what you mean by not close?"

Bonus scene: [Chapter 49 has been taken down]

When Lu Da was little, someone gave him a jar of fireflies. He ran excitedly to find Ran Rang and showed him the stars in his palm.

But the next day, all the fireflies were dead.

Lu Da stared blankly at the lifeless fireflies in the glass jar, no longer shining, unable to understand how the stars had gone out.

Lu Da cried his eyes out. In the middle of the night, he sneaked out while the adults were asleep to dig a hole and bury the fireflies. Ran Rang followed behind him like a silent shadow, sitting with him in the dew as they watched the stars in the sky.

Ran Rang racked his brains to comfort him. "The fireflies... actually went to become stars in the sky."

Tears still on his face, Lu Da looked bewildered. "Will someone stay with me forever and ever?" He was still very young, but his worries were already growing.

Ran Rang said each word softly but firmly. "I'll stay with you, longer than forever."

And so they really did stay together for a lifetime, forever and ever.

*The cover is custom-made, but the base image is not exclusive.

*The character cards are commissioned art. There are more cute couple pics on Weibo~

Reading guide:

1. Both are sexually inexperienced. No ship splitting or reversing, no self-insert fantasies, and no bashing.

2. Everyday-life story, with a slow start.

3. As the blurb says, the leads are childhood friends, and their mutual crush becomes real after years of dating. From the start, they are in a cold war and deliberately pretending not to know each other.

4. Important: There are some lengthy flashbacks and school scenes. Chapters with "R" in the title are flashbacks.

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[Extremely possessive daddy-type x sweet-looking, cunning little brat | snake and rabbit, older top | size difference] *The cover is commissioned art. Pei is so cute, right? 🥳

01.

Fu Pei has an angelic face and the airs of a little brat. He sees no shame in it, and is proud of it. Free-spirited by nature, he relies on his pretty, innocent-looking face to throw his weight around and get away with anything. He despises arranged marriages most of all.

One day, he learns that he is to be engaged to Xie Shengqing. Xie Shengqing is stern, old-fashioned, vindictive, heartless, and ruthless. He's already at the top of Fu Pei's list of "Most Hated People."

Using the username "What's wrong with being a brat?" Fu Pei goes online to ask for advice. The other forum users offer a wicked suggestion: Aren't you a brat? Then be as difficult as you can. He won't be able to stand you and will call off the engagement himself!

Fu Pei ponders. Fu Pei has an epiphany. Fu Pei puts the advice into practice. He makes Xie Shengqing pick the seeds out of strawberries, uses Xie Shengqing as a pillow, and warms his hands on Xie Shengqing's abs...

Fu Pei thinks he's the biggest villain in the world, guilty of countless unforgivable crimes, and waits for Xie Shengqing to call off the engagement.

02.

But Xie Shengqing doesn't react the way Fu Pei expects.

After Fu Pei spends a fortune buying a remote island, Xie Shengqing hands him a card. "Is one island enough? We can buy the neighboring one too."

Fu Pei does his best to maintain his haughty expression. Heh, that was close. I almost got jealous of his money.

Fu Pei deliberately freezes Xie Shengqing out, but Xie Shengqing presses Fu Pei's hand to his chest. "Peipei, is it warmer this way?"

Fu Pei: "...Big guy, is this how it's supposed to work? If this keeps up, how am I ever going to get out of this engagement?!"

Fu Pei rolls around on the bed and calls a friend to complain, while Xie Shengqing listens outside the door with an amused smile.

Fu Pei thinks he's putting on a fearsome display, but his almond-shaped eyes are sweet, his cheeks soft, and his little tiger fangs flash whenever he smiles. He has no idea how adorable he is.

03.

Just as Fu Pei starts wondering why Xie Shengqing still hasn't called off the engagement, he accidentally learns that Xie Shengqing isn't his intended at all.

Fu Pei tremblingly grabs his older brother's sleeve. "Big bro, what did you say happens to people who anger Xie Shengqing?"

His brother puts on a grave expression. "I heard A's company went bust overnight, B was sent to Africa to feed lions, and C was exiled to Siberia to dig potatoes."

Fu Pei: "..."

Fu Pei: "Is there still time for me to run?"

Fu Pei, caught while trying to run: Apparently not :)

Fu Pei tearfully tries to appease him. "I have to wear a bell too? And a thigh ring?! I really can't wear a tail..."

Xie Shengqing grabs his ankle and pulls him back, wiping the tears from Fu Pei's eyes. He suddenly smiles. "If I hold your tail, Peipei won't run away again."

Bonus scene 01.

Fu Pei: "Then what do you call all the ways I've bullied you these past few months...?"

Xie Shengqing: "Peipei being impressive ^_^"

02.

Long afterward, a thread that had been dormant for ages is bumped back to the top after a grand wedding. At the same time, a post made under an ID consisting of a string of numbers is dug up.

"Peipei, I've loved you for a long time. Please look back at me."

Reading guide:

1. Both are sexually inexperienced. No ship splitting or reversing, no self-insert fantasies, and no bashing. Xie keeps his long hair for Peipei. No character bashing of the top.

2. A world where same-sex marriage is legal. They have mutual crushes (important!). A sweet love story about the leads being utterly smitten with each other.

3. More to come

The blurb has been screenshotted.

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We Still Go Home Together for New Year's After Breaking Up

Ji Shifang x Li Yinli | aloof genius turned into a doting Li-Yinli-obsessed top x once-spoiled, now clingy, pretty and perceptive bottom | says one thing, means another x extremely good at acting cute

A story featuring a size difference, blended family, second-chance romance, a frozen river, and twinkling stars.

Short blurb:

When Li Yinli was in his final year of high school, his mother brought home the son of her boyfriend and told him to call the boy "big brother." Li Yinli and the boy met each other's eyes, then looked away in perfect unison. Li Yinli thought, Hmph.

Li Yinli once thought they could always maintain their unspoken understanding: whenever they went out, they'd part ways and walk separately. But little by little, his soon-to-be stepbrother seemed to stop feeling the same way.

One day, on the way home, they ran into the aloof top student who had been first in the grade for years. His outgoing friend complained to the top student, "I heard Xiao Li's stepbrother is a jerk. Xiao Li hates him the most!"

After saying goodbye to his friend, the top student and Li Yinli arrived at the same home, one after the other. He held the door shut and asked Li Yinli with a faint, teasing smile, "You hate me?"

"Is it the kind of hate where you were asking me to kiss you harder just last night?"

Long blurb:

01.

In 2017, Li Yinli secretly opened the door in the middle of the night, rose onto his tiptoes, and kissed the person outside. The man was much taller than him. One hand covered the back of Li Yinli's head as he called him "sweetheart" in a hoarse voice, pulled him close, and kissed him deeply.

In the throes of passion, Li Yinli wrapped his arms around him and felt a small mole behind his ear.

In 2022, after his mother had urged him to come home countless times, Li Yinli finally rushed back on New Year's Eve.

When he opened the door, the fragrant steam from a pot of soup greeted him. At the dining table, someone was rolling up his sleeves and wrapping dumplings. His profile was as striking as a snow-covered mountain, and the joints of his hand were sharply defined as he pinched the dumpling wrappers.

His mother came out of the kitchen and called, "Shifang." The man answered, then turned around, revealing a small mole behind his ear.

When he looked back, his eyes met Li Yinli's.

Li Yinli looked at him and slowly called him, "Big brother."

02.

The summer after high school graduation was hard to endure.

The little city in the south was dark and stiflingly hot. They were squeezed together on the sofa, the tablet passing its heat through their clothes. Li Yinli tilted his head, saw the thin admissions letter, and suddenly started crying.

Years later, they returned to another sweltering summer.

In the old study, he found a biscuit tin filled to the brim with letter after letter about how much Ji Shifang missed him.

"I once had a kitten."

"Even though I know he was the one who left me, that he was the one who walked away first."

"...I still can't let him go."

As everyone knows, a mirror that can be mended either was never really broken, or was never really mended.

"I think of you day and night. I dream of you constantly."

*The cover is custom-made, but the base image is not exclusive.

Reading guide:

1. Both are sexually inexperienced. No ship splitting or reversing, no self-insert fantasies, and no bashing.

2. Everyday-life story with a slow start. The romance focuses on the two leads.

3. The leads have never been on the same household registration. They were adults when they started dating. The breakup has foreshadowing, and both had their own difficulties back then.

The blurb was screenshotted on September 15, 2025.

Theme: Love can help people become better versions of themselves.