Green Mango

[Entire manuscript drafted]

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⭐ A tsundere who says one thing and means another × a sweet, scheming girl who knows how to reel him in ⭐

⭐ Mind games × control | A couple always at odds ⭐

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During the summer after high school graduation, Jiang Yumo stayed at Chen Yuchuan's house.

The boy who came to answer the door was friendly but ordinary. The one who arrived late caught her eye at once, though, and she immediately tried to strike up a conversation: "Are you a friend of Chen Yuchuan's brother?"

He smiled at her as if she were an idiot.

"I'm Chen Yuchuan."

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Jiang Yumo tried every trick in the book to lure Chen Yuchuan in.

She almost climbed into his bed.

Later, on Chen Yuchuan's birthday, she heard he'd gotten drunk, and in a moment of recklessness, she climbed into his bed after all.

But the moment she leaned close, he caught her by the wrist.

Chen Yuchuan looked down at her, his gaze as cold as if he were on guard against a dangerous criminal.

"What do you think you're doing? Taking advantage of me?"

Only then did Jiang Yumo realize he wasn't drunk at all. He was sober enough to recite the 24 Core Socialist Values.

And yet this man, so restrained and distant it was almost absurd, kept giving her the wrong idea.

He'd held her hand.

He'd taken off his watch and let her wear it.

He made her a different breakfast every day.

He even indulged her repeated advances and tests, never turning her down.

She'd made her feelings all too clear, but their relationship remained lukewarm.

It was as if they were just one step away.

But he refused to take even that one step.

Jiang Yumo's final gamble was to steal a kiss from Chen Yuchuan.

The moment their lips touched, he turned his face away.

His eyes darkened, his tone cool and merciless. "...I don't want to come between you and someone else."

Jiang Yumo: "...?"

[Her first love, and the only one in his heart and body]

[They're both black-hearted on the inside, like sesame-filled glutinous rice balls]

[Mutual pining, intense push and pull]

[Includes getting back together after a breakup, happy ending 💛]

Theme: Face yourself.