Even Cats Look Down on Me

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Age gap | Secret crush | Reunion after years apart | Brothers fighting over a girl

Rebellious girl x refined scoundrel

At eighteen, Xu Zhao fell in love with her friend's older brother.

Chen Xingyuan was a director who had made a name for himself at a young age, dazzling and flamboyant, yet utterly out of reach.

At the time, she was a rebellious girl who had failed the college entrance exam and run away from home.

He had a bad temper and was always cursing people out on set, but he generously took her in when she was lost and struggling.

He bent down and smiled reassuringly. "Why are you in such a hurry to grow up? I don't want to grow old so soon."

But Xu Zhao knew perfectly well that Chen Xingyuan's kindness toward her was nothing more than the care an older man showed a younger girl. Nothing more.

So she buried her feelings deep in her heart, where no one could discover them.

When they met again, she was an actress nominated for a Golden Horse Award, and the two of them were working together once more.

She kept things strictly professional. Her gaze no longer lingered on him, and she smiled as she accepted flowers from someone else.

She thought the past would stay in the past and her secret crush would remain forever hidden from the light of day

But one night, in a room with only the two of them,

he was no longer out of reach. Holding her close, he murmured in her ear, "Don't leave me."

"If I'd known I would like you this much now, I should have broken you two up back then."

A few things to know:

1. Age gap: the male lead is six years older than the female lead.

2. Both leads are each other's first and only.

3. A story of the one who came along later versus the childhood sweetheart.

4. Blurb screenshot dated February 9, 2026.

5. The characters aren't perfect. Please give them room to grow ^^ No unsolicited writing advice, please.

Coming soon 1: Second Confession

Chen Zhi x Zhou Yan

[Small-town dark horse x down-on-his-luck loser | First love reunited]

Five years in Guangzhou: from an 800-yuan room in an urban village to a 2,000-yuan studio apartment, from burning with ambition to being sidelined at work.

Chen Zhi finally accepted her fate. Her last act of stubbornness was to call a rideshare instead of booking a moving truck.

She never expected the person sharing the ride to be her ex, Zhou Yan, whom she hadn't seen in ten years.

He clearly saw her, too, but unlike her, he wasn't flustered.

He merely nodded in greeting, his expression calm, as though they were complete strangers who happened to know each other best.

Chen Zhi couldn't help recalling the past.

She was eighteen, in his rented apartment.

With his back to her, he pulled on his clothes, his back rigid as he said in a cold, resolute voice, "Chen Zhi, don't let me see you again."

At the time, she couldn't bring herself to ask him to stay.

She only knew that their relationship shouldn't exist. They were worlds apart: she was the dark horse who had scored so high on that year's college entrance exam that her results were withheld, while he had dropped out of high school in his senior year to help his family pay off their debts.

That was how Chen Zhi talked herself into accepting it.

But after boarding the high-speed train, she discovered that he had slipped a bulging envelope into her bag.

It was exactly enough to cover her tuition for three years of college.

As she gazed at the red banknotes, their edges yellowed with age, Chen Zhi wept uncontrollably.

Coming soon 2: Summer Is Where Secret Crushes Begin

[Childhood friends | Mutual secret crushes | Reunion after years apart]

[Gentle but scheming, seemingly kind girl x aloof, sharp-tongued, shameless troublemaker]

Among the children who grew up in the same compound, Wen Yu was the most well-behaved and unremarkable.

She spoke softly, walked slowly, and even seemed to have a longer reaction time than everyone else.

She liked not being noticed.

Then she started high school, and her childhood friend Ji Yanzhi became her deskmate.

Everything began to fall apart.

He was incorrigibly unruly, always getting into fights and skipping class.

To make matters worse, he was handsome, and the girls who liked him followed him right into their classroom.

With sleepy eyes and one lazy eyelid half raised, he turned his chin toward Wen Yu and told one of the girls, "I like her. Give up."

Wen Yu: ...

From then on, the number of people being discussed on the school forum went from one to two.

Her friends all stood up for her.

Little did they know that what made her angriest wasn't becoming the center of attention. It was

She couldn't understand

how Ji Yanzhi could say that so casually.

She couldn't.

*

As for whether he'd really confessed so casually,

Ji Yanzhi thought it had been nothing but an excuse.

An excuse to turn someone down.

An excuse to hide his true feelings...

When it came to his childhood friend, the girl he'd grown up with,

if he didn't say it now, he might never be able to.

One rainy night later, in a darkened room,

he clasped her slender wrist tightly and pleaded in a humble voice, "Help me one more time, okay, Yuyu?"

Wen Yu: ...

Fine, but this is the last time.

Theme: Love can bridge great distances.