[Reunion after a breakup x Fluffy animals x Childhood friends x Empathy doll]
Xiaoguai died on the very day Lin Qinghe left the city of Jingcheng.
The cat they raised was dead, and so was their relationship.
The plane from Jingcheng to Australia was slowly taking off. Bo Ji had gotten Lin Qinghe's exact address from her best friend.
Lin Qinghe had just landed when she saw Bo Ji's message: Xiaoguai had died. For a moment, she wished she could fly straight back. But enrollment was the next day. On one side was everything she had worked so hard for, and on the other was the death of the pet she had loved since childhood.
She didn't know what to do, but the next moment Bo Ji called and said, "Focus on enrolling. I'll make sure Xiaoguai is taken care of."
Lin Qinghe still couldn't stop worrying, and hurried back as fast as she could.
"Brother Bo, who do you love most?"
"Of course, you..."
Lin Qinghe ran home as if she were fleeing.
She knew it: "Maybe we ended a long time ago, and I'm the only fool still trapped in a dream."
Lately, Bo Ji had noticed that his childhood friend was acting strangely.
When he talked to her, she no longer blushed at his sudden declarations of love like she used to.
Then one day, he started dating someone, amid the teasing and cheers of everyone around them.
She was there too.
Bo Ji wanted to prove he had grown up, so he casually accepted a confession from a girl whose name he had never even heard before.
But it didn't take long for him to realize that this relationship wasn't what he had imagined.
He didn't like the girl. Instead, he used her to make Lin Qinghe jealous.
Just then, the president of the drama club came to find him.
"We're missing a male lead. You can do it."
"Me?"
"Yes, you! You've dated before, so you've got experience."
Bo Ji made an expression he'd only ever seen in domineering CEO dramas.
"You're being so cheesy..."
"..."
Bo Ji froze. "Isn't that a basic acting skill?"
"Bo Ji, do you know who I am?"
He fell silent.
"Jian An. I don't think you've ever known that name. I don't think we act like a couple at all. Let's break up."
Bo Ji was dumbfounded. (●__●)
But inside, he felt nothing, just as he would if a flower or plant left a cat: it didn't matter.
When he learned Lin Qinghe had left, he had panicked. But this person in front of him, who called herself his girlfriend, stirred nothing in him.
Bo Ji suddenly realized he might have fallen in love with Lin Qinghe.
The day they met again, Bo Ji gave Lin Qinghe a doll, a chibi doll that looked exactly like him.
As Lin Qinghe casually moved the doll's body around, he searched for the power-off button on the empathy doll app...
Reader's guide:
1. No one's perfect here. The male lead gradually realizes he is falling for the female lead as he grows. Don't assume he's a scumbag or anything, because true love never comes just once.
2. The male lead dated a girl to make the female lead jealous, but they only ever held hands. If that bothers you, you may want to skip this one. ♡´･ᴗ･`♡
3. The planned start date is sometime around September. I'll start posting once I have enough chapters saved up!
Blurb drafted on May 14, 2026.
Theme: The longest moments in life are the ones spent waiting
