[The Male Lead Is a Real Ghost]
A girl in her teens is just beginning to fall in love. Xu Yiru has a crush on Lin Qinghe, the older boy who lives next door.
Lin Qinghe is gentle and friendly, five years older than her. Ever since she can remember, he has always looked after her.
Whenever he noticed that Xu Yiru was unhappy, Lin Qinghe would take a lollipop from his pocket to cheer her up.
"Don't cry, Yiru, okay?" he would say with a smile, wiping away her tears with his fingers.
In Xu Yiru's memories, Lin Qinghe had never lost his temper. He always wore a gentle smile whenever he was with her.
But he was just as kind to everyone else. Xu Yiru didn't dare confess her feelings, figuring he only took care of her out of neighborly affection. Afraid she might ruin their friendship, she kept her girlish crush to herself.
When Xu Yiru was in her second year of high school, Lin Qinghe moved away. She focused on her studies and went away to college herself. They didn't see each other for three years, and her feelings gradually faded.
Then, after a conflict with her dormmates forced Xu Yiru to move out, she was astonished to discover that Lin Qinghe was her new neighbor.
Their unexpected reunion found Lin Qinghe still just as gentle and refined as before, treating her no differently from when they were children.
Xu Yiru had long since put her vague old feelings behind her. With a smile, she told Lin Qinghe about the fantasies she'd once had, as if they were nothing more than a joke.
Lin Qinghe smiled at her.
So you mean you used to like me, but you don't anymore, right?
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Xu Yiru thought something strange was going on.
Almost everyone she disliked or who crossed her would soon suffer some kind of retribution, each in their own terrible way.
She also realized that Lin Qinghe was strange.
The boy who used to love the sunshine now always seemed to be standing in the shadows when she saw him, smiling as he reached out to her.
Then, one rainy day, Xu Yiru finished arguing with someone she had a grudge against. Her umbrella had been broken, too.
Furious, she was about to head home when she heard a screech. Someone had been in a car accident.
The person who had just been shouting at her and trying to start a fight was now lying in a pool of blood, their fate unknown.
A hand settled on her shoulder, its touch icy cold. Xu Yiru turned around and saw Lin Qinghe's pale, luminous face.
He held an umbrella and smiled faintly. "Yiru, why aren't you using an umbrella?"
Her instincts made her look down. Lin Qinghe's clothes were dripping wet, and the water was mixed with blood.
When she looked back at him, her eyes were full of fear.
She began to fear him and avoid him.
Lin Qinghe didn't object. He simply blocked her way.
"Yiru, you were the one who fell for me first. Do you remember?" he said gently. "I gave you a chance to leave."
His cold hand caressed her face. "I came back because of you."
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Both are virgins. The male lead is truly dead. Happy ending.
A sweet romance focused purely on feelings.
Theme: Tomorrow will be better.
