I Kind of Hate You

During military training in her first year of high school, the school cafeteria started selling osmanthus-smoked meat flatbreads, limited to three hundred a day and available only during the training period.

For seven days straight, every time the instructor called for dismissal, Tan Shi raced to the cafeteria and still couldn't get one. It made her furious.

Maybe the students had talked about them too much, because on the last day of training, the instructor finally took pity on them and dismissed them twenty minutes early. Tan Shi finally got the osmanthus-smoked meat flatbread she'd been craving for two weeks.

Tan Shi was overjoyed and threw her hands up in a cheer.

Then, the very next second, a bite was missing from her flatbread.

Tan Shi turned around: ??д?╬ ?????

Jiang Ci, still chewing: (⊙.⊙)...

Later, Jiang Ci apologized to Tan Shi. He hadn't seen the short Tan Shi and thought the friend in front of him had offered him a bite to try.

Tan Shi was even angrier.

The two, who were in different classes, became enemies like this. They spent all three years of high school fighting each other, and the feud between the "Poetry" duo only ended when they graduated and went to different universities.

They met again at a class reunion. At twenty-six, Tan Shi was 170 centimeters tall and a moderately famous model. She was the prettiest person at the table by far.

The single male classmates were eager to make a move. One of them had just taken out his phone to add her on WeChat when someone knocked on the door.

Everyone looked toward the entrance as one. The newcomer had already walked in and stopped behind Tan Shi.

Tan Shi was busy accepting a friend request and reacted a beat too late. By the time she noticed, everyone was looking at her.

Tan Shi asked, puzzled, "What are you looking at?"

As soon as the words left her mouth, she suddenly felt a weight on her head. A voice both unfamiliar and familiar sounded above her. "What a coincidence, Tan Shi."

Tan Shi: ..._(:з"∠)_

Reading Guide:

1. This story is entirely fictional, with no real-life inspiration. Please don't read anything into it.

2. Bickering rivals who love to hate each other. The boy falls first and pines for a long time; the girl realizes her feelings later.

3. The blurb was screenshotted and archived at 5:45 p.m. on November 23, 2025.

4. The cover is a designer template image.

5. Thank you for reading. Wishing you a happy life and all the best.

Theme: Follow your heart. Don't hesitate or back down.