A seemingly perfect young lady who wears a foxlike mask × a gloomy, scheming poor girl
The flower on the high peak falls from her pedestal / A dark, twisted mutual attraction / A true secret crush
1.
“You've been my shadow since we were children. We're only the best of friends on the surface. The truth is, you're the person I hate most.
I always say I'm truly happy for you. No, I've never meant it. I can't be happy for your good fortune. I can only feel excited when things go wrong for you.
I think you're despicable and fake. You're too good at putting on an act. You have everything, but that's only because you were born lucky. You should be worse than me in every way.
Why don't I have your talent, your popularity, or your mother?
I can't accept it.
I hope your life turns out absolutely miserable.”
Later, her childhood friend Cheng Yuzheng, the person she hated most, really did fall into the mire just as she'd wished.
Her mother was imprisoned, everyone turned against her, and the once lofty, perfect young lady became a stray dog with nowhere to go.
So this is what it feels like to be you.
2.
Du Jun'an went to see Cheng Yuzheng intending to kick her while she was down and watch her make a fool of herself.
She wanted to get close to her, to touch her, to rip the mask off this fake once and for all.
“Yuzheng, would you like me to help?”
She offered the young lady a helping hand from her lofty perch, all false sympathy, while calculating maliciously: I'll take you in, give you a little false warmth and hope, then suddenly abandon you and make you completely fall apart.
Just imagining it made Du Jun'an's heart race.
3.
Three months after they moved in together, Cheng Yuzheng offered to repay her for her kindness.
Cheng Yuzheng kissed her.
Early the next morning, Du Jun'an woke to find the person she hated most lying beside her, a faint, masklike smile on her face.
“What do you mean, you confessed your feelings to me?”
“What do you mean, you've had a crush on me for ages?”
This liar, who never says anything but lies, must be playing with her.
Note:
* A world of women, where parthenogenesis is more common
* At its heart, this is a story about jealousy
* Miss Jun'an really is a dark, malicious little schemer. She viciously badmouths her childhood friend behind her back and envies her, yet is also drawn to her. On the surface, she can still act all sweet and affectionate.
* The young lady isn't wholly innocent or good either. She often lets her malice show and knows how to manipulate people. They're a perfect match for each other.
Theme: Saying one thing while feeling another is a bad habit
