After Mistaking Someone Else for My Crush on WeChat

Chen Baozhi's novel in the same series, "Prisoned Harbor", is now available.

This story: She pursues him, then his secret identity is revealed

World-weary, poker-faced AI mogul x sunny, straightforward, doting veterinarian

1

In Zhong Xi's first month after moving to Nanjiang, her husky tore down the back door of the internet cafe next door.

The owner was a handsome, cold-faced man with a distant manner and no warmth in his gaze. Zhong Xi fell in love with him at first sight.

Taking the opportunity, she added their network manager, Qin Feng, on WeChat, planning to enlist him as her strategist and get his help pursuing the owner.

2

The network manager was easy to get along with in person, just as talkative as Zhong Xi. But for some reason, he seemed like a different person on WeChat.

“Holy crap, I ran into Jiang Yunian when I went to bring you milk tea today. He tried to seduce me with his abs! Why else would he be walking around shirtless in broad daylight? Is this how he tests a man of principle?”

“?”

“When we all went out to eat today, Jiang Yunian looked at me three times. Maybe he’s finally starting to fall for me! What do you think?”

“...”

“!!!!”

“?”

“Did you notice Jiang Yunian deliberately matching outfits with me today?”

A few days later, a blurry photo came through on WeChat. A white sweatshirt had been casually tossed over the arm of a sofa. It was the one Jiang Yunian had worn that day.

“It’s just that they’re both white.”

Zhong Xi put down her phone and frowned.

Qin Feng was surprisingly good at cultivating an online persona. How could he be so different in person from the way he acted on social media?

3

Later, one day, with the room dimly lit by soft light, Zhong Xi leaned against the bed and messaged someone. Looking rather regretful, she said to Jiang Yunian, who was lying on the bed, “I have Qin Feng to thank for helping me pursue you all this time. I never properly thanked him.”

As soon as she finished speaking, the phone on the bedside table beside them buzzed.

Zhong Xi looked up. The screen showed the message she had just sent to Qin Feng.

Jiang Yunian picked up his clothes and slowly rose, his sharp silhouette outlined by the light and shadows.

As he put on his clothes, he glanced casually at the glowing phone screen, his voice betraying no emotion.

“How are you planning to thank him?”

Next up: the older woman-younger man romance "Living with a College Boy After Divorce". Preorders are also open for "Baozhi, Baozhi", another story in the same series.

Reader's guide: Both leads are each other's first and only. This is based on my personal preferences. The male lead is beautiful, strong, and tragic; the female lead is a chatterbox. If that doesn't appeal to you, please don't read. No bringing real people into it or picking fights.

Neither lead is a moral paragon, and both are imperfect, with their own little schemes. If you can't accept that, please don't read.

At its heart, this is simply a love story centered on the two leads. The heroine pursues him at first, then the hero falls even harder later on.

Please don't give unsolicited writing advice. I'm an average writer, and I write for fun. There are 50,000 free words, so please stop reading if it's not for you. No need to let me know if you drop it.

Blurb dated 2026.4.7

Theme: Love is the greatest magic