Pretending to Love You

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Four years ago, Lin Qingci told Chu Size, "I've never loved you. I've been pretending all along."

Chu Size refused to believe her, but still let her leave.

The rain had stopped and the sky had cleared that day, with a rainbow resting on the horizon.

Chu Size stood by the pond holding a bouquet, rehearsing the words "Happy graduation" over and over, only to hear this instead.

His eyes reddened as he asked why. She simply turned away and said there was no reason. It was all fake.

Four years later, Chu Size is cast as the male lead in Lin Qingci's screenplay.

On the eve of joining the production, he walks into the meeting room in a black hoodie and politely calls her "Teacher Lin," as if they were meeting for the first time.

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While filming the breakup scene, Chu Size can't get into the right frame of mind.

After the director calls cut, they ask Lin Qingci to run through the scene with him.

Chu Size watches her from a few steps away. "Are you really leaving?"

Lin Qingci gazes into the night and says nothing.

He takes hold of her wrist.

"It's raining."

"I know."

The lines aren't in the script. He leans close to her ear.

His voice is so quiet that only she can hear him.

"Even now, I still love you."

"...Sis."

The wind whips across the rooftop, ruffling the white shirt he wears in the scene, still damp from the rain.

Lin Qingci doesn't turn around. "Stop messing around."

Reader's Guide:

1. Straight romance, happy ending.

2. Rekindled love, younger male lead.

Theme: Let's fall in love one more time.