My Crush Is Almost Too Honest

Jiang Yu has always been the most popular boy at school. He gets good grades, looks good, has a good personality, a kind temper, and a good reputation. He’s practically the model student every teacher and parent adores. And yet, on his very first day, he sets his sights on the quiet girl in class who’s so inconspicuous she barely seems to exist. Wen Yan doesn’t like to talk and doesn’t know how to get along with people. If someone asks her a question, she can stay silent for ages. But Jiang Yu never minds the trouble. When she doesn’t speak, he helps her out. When she’s afraid to say anything, he patiently waits and encourages her. When she doesn’t know how to interact with friends, he gradually draws her into his world and teaches her how to love and connect with others, until she becomes the center of attention. Everyone thinks he’s just being nice. Only Ji Feng, who’s known him since childhood, knows the truth... He isn’t just being nice. He’s clearly fallen for her. * Years later, the girl who used to blush whenever she saw Jiang Yu, who was afraid to speak to him or be herself, has learned how to love. In the dim evening light, Wen Yan sits on the sofa and hooks a finger into Jiang Yu’s tie, drawing him closer bit by bit. Jiang Yu leans back against the sofa and looks up at her, letting her boldly tempt him, the amusement in his eyes growing as he can’t resist teasing her. “Wen, weren’t you the shy one?” Wen Yan blinks, then leans in a little closer. “You said it yourself: that was before.” Jiang Yu laughs softly and lets her trap him between herself and the sofa. “And now?” Wen Yan looks at him, then suddenly reaches out and pinches his chin. “Now... I just want to kiss you.” Jiang Yu, who’s usually so good at teasing her, goes quiet for a few seconds. At last, his Adam’s apple bobs as he raises his chin slightly, letting her take the lead. “All right...” “Whatever you want to do, I’m all yours, darling.” * During their high school years, the characters focus on studying and growing up, with no dating. Their relationship only begins after graduation. They never break up or have misunderstandings. The male lead speaks his mind, pursues the female lead, and the two go from campus sweethearts to walking down the aisle. Also recommended: my next ancient-times transmigration rom-com, The Villain Heard My Thoughts, Then He Went Crazy A doomed cannon-fodder girl who only wants to stay alive × a cold, sinister, scheming villain who can read minds Mind-reading | Villain | Cannon fodder | Staying alive | Ice-cold beauty | Absurd comedy Yun Wanyin is a newly graduated college student and intern, working like a corporate drone. During her internship, she works from eight in the morning until ten at night, then continues working overtime after clocking out. Her heartless boss even wakes her up in the middle of the night to revise proposals. She earns 2,500 a month, sleeps two hours a day, and is on the verge of collapse. She’s had enough. So Yun Wanyin starts slacking off at her desk and reading a novel called A Maid’s Fate, an Empress’s Destiny on company time. The heroine is born into lowly circumstances, levels up by defeating one enemy after another, and eventually becomes empress. Yun Wanyin reads it with tears in her eyes. “If we’ve both got the life of a maid, she gets to become empress, so why am I stuck being a corporate drone?!” Just as she’s complaining about the rushed ending, she’s sitting at her desk when she suddenly drops dead with a crack. Yun Wanyin’s soul rises from her body. Looking down at herself, dead from overwork at her desk, she finally lets out a marmot-like shriek of outrage. “Wait, what? How is this fair? Don’t corporate drones count as people?!!!!” As she closes her eyes, a mechanical voice sounds in her mind: 【Congratulations on transmigrating into A Maid’s Fate, an Empress’s Destiny. Your ultimate goal is to stay alive. Once you succeed, you can return to your original world.】 Yun Wanyin instantly perks up, the corners of her mouth curling into an expression that’s thirty percent mocking, fifty percent confident, and twenty percent innocent. Stay alive? She knows this book by heart. The heroine survives to the end and becomes empress. If she transmigrates into the book with the advantage of knowing the story, she’s practically guaranteed to be the heroine. This is going to be amazing. * Then she hears the maids around her excitedly crowding around one of their own. “Qingqing! We’re going into the palace together!” Yun Wanyin freezes on the spot, because the heroine of this book is Feng Qingqing. And Yun Wanyin is the cannon-fodder character who’s fallen on hard times, is spoiled and arrogant, has no brains or cunning and no background, and gets casually killed by the villain in the very first chapter. Since she’s cannon fodder, even the reason for her death is simple. Villain Pei Guanfù: “Kill her. She’s ugly, and she’s offending my eyes.” Yun Wanyin: “????” The matron who invited the maids to enter the palace arrives right on schedule, saying it’s a path to great things and that they’ll get to meet the emperor. Yun Wanyin thinks to herself: “A path to great things, huh? Am I even destined to meet the emperor?” Running away means death; entering the palace means death, too. At this point, all she can do is play dead every step of the way. On her first day in the palace, Pei Guanfù appears. He’s the craziest villain in the whole book, sinister and ruthless, with power over the entire court. All the maids kneel to pay their respects. Yun Wanyin presses her forehead to the ground, wishing she could bury her face in the dirt. Yun Wanyin squeezes her eyes shut, steels herself, and prays frantically: “Heavenly Bodhisattvas, Buddha Tathagata, all the ancestors of the He family, please don’t look at me! Don’t look at me!” Pei Guanfù walks around for a while, then finally stops in front of her. “You. Raise your head.” Yun Wanyin: “!” 【A little scene】 It’s the eighth day since Pei Guanfù was banished to sleep in the study by Yun Wanyin. He stands guard outside her room, on the verge of tears. “Ayin, open the door.” From inside comes Yun Wanyin’s coquettish reply: “Get lost!!” But she’s forgotten that Pei Guanfù can hear her thoughts. Yun Wanyin thinks: “It’s been eight days! My legs and back still haven’t recovered. Is he a donkey or what?!” Yun Wanyin thinks: “He’s a complete bastard, waah!” Outside the door, Pei Guanfù’s lips curl up. He pushes his way in, lifts her chin, and kisses her gently. “This prince was wrong.” He scoops Yun Wanyin up in his arms and carries her to the bed. “To make it up to you, this time you can take the lead, Ayin. You can do whatever you want to me.” Yun Wanyin: “??” * 1. Two couples, both mutual firsts, both secretly in love, with the men pursuing the women. 2. A lighthearted, healing little sweet romance with no misunderstandings. There are no melodramatic twists. The two couples’ stories are about healing young men and women who have been starved of love: Cheng Miao heals Ji Feng, and Jiang Yu heals Wen Yan. 3. ⚠️ There’s no dating in high school. The characters’ relationships are limited to crushes, friendship, and family bonds. The female lead and second male lead are healed in various ways and grow more confident. It’s a lighthearted story of growth and healing. 4. A story of growth and redemption, with healing through friendship and family. The whole story is angst-free, with no misunderstandings or melodrama. The male and female leads and the second couple all speak their minds and clear up any misunderstandings themselves. 5. The blurb has been saved. Don’t steal the premise or accuse me of plagiarism. Theme: Everyone deserves their own little ray of sunshine, bright enough to illuminate the dark days of the past