That's Cheating

[Lemon Soda Candy next door is now serializing =w=] [The next-door novel Little Love Song has a new extra featuring this novel: 22/1/2] After promptly dumping her ex-boyfriend, who seemed to be getting too close to another girl just days after they started dating, Jiang Wan moved into her best friend's villa. By chance, she ended up sharing the place with her friend's cousin, Chen Yu. He had just turned eighteen. Young and handsome, with long legs and a cool personality. Afraid she might mind living with him, her best friend, who was studying abroad, assured her with complete confidence: "Don't worry. Apart from basketball, he doesn't care about anything else. He's not interested in girls!" Jiang Wan believed her. Because of her friend, she treated Chen Yu like a younger brother and looked after him while they lived together. Until one night, when Chen Yu came down with a fever. As Jiang Wan cared for him, she accidentally fell into his arms, and her lips brushed against his. "Sis," Chen Yu murmured. "Can you really not tell?" Jiang Wan's mind went blank. "Tell what?" The boy's hoarse voice and burning breath brushed her ear. "How much I like you." Jiang Wan: "?" Once she'd calmed down, Jiang Wan figured he was probably young and confused, and tried to reason with him. "Is it possible that what you feel for me isn't the kind of love you think it is?" Chen Yu lowered his eyes. His gaze rested on her lips for a second, and he replied expressionlessly, "I wish that accident had happened a few more times." Jiang Wan: "..." * At the Asian Games the following year, nineteen-year-old Chen Yu made the national team roster. Dressed in a red jersey, the handsome young man moved across the court without a hint of expression, sinking three-pointer after three-pointer. He was so cool and captivating that one match made him an overnight sensation. Netizens outside the basketball world quickly dug up details like his studies at a prestigious university and his powerful family background. They also uncovered the fact that he had had a girlfriend for quite some time :) - Chen Yu came from a wealthy family and found fame at a young age. He grew up surrounded by admiration and applause, showered with affection and praise. In his eighteen years, he had cared about little besides basketball and studying. Before he met Jiang Wan, he had never known he could like a girl this much. [Bonus Scene] Unsure how to bring it up, and thinking Chen Yu might just be caught up in a youthful whim, Jiang Wan kept putting it off. She couldn't bring herself to tell her best friend that Chen Yu was pursuing her. It wasn't until the day after they got together, when Chen Yu was leaving for national team training camp and Jiang Wan saw him off, that it happened. As the boy leaned down to kiss her at the door, her best friend, who had just returned from abroad, walked in at exactly the wrong moment. Jiang Wan guiltily pulled away. Chen Yu remained perfectly calm. "She got sand in her eye just now." His cousin nodded. "And then you kindly blew it out for her?" Chen Yu: "Mm." His cousin laughed in disbelief. "Do you think I'm blind or stupid?" "Sis," Chen Yu explained earnestly, "I was the one who pursued her." A super-cool basketball player who doesn't even blink when he lies x a seemingly gentle interpreter who's actually hard to win over * Older woman-younger man romance, with a five-year age gap * A lighthearted, silly, sweet romance; not realistic * The school and city are fictional, and the characters are not based on real people * Blurb revised on 20/12/10 Lemon Soda Candy In high school, the second-boldest thing Zhou Anran ever did was secretly slip two lemon soda candies into Chen Luobai's desk on a day when he looked especially unhappy. Back then, he was a celebrated prodigy, adored by everyone. She was an ordinary classmate whose name he couldn't even remember. When they crossed paths again in college, Zhou Anran, who had fought tooth and nail to get into a top university, still didn't stand out among all the academic stars. Chen Luobai, on the other hand, became a campus celebrity the moment he arrived. Zhou Anran thought their paths would never cross again. But one day, during an elective class, Chen Luobai slipped two identical lemon soda candies into her desk. "Have you ever tried these?" he asked casually. Zhou Anran's heart skipped a beat. She lowered her head and said nothing. Chen Luobai continued, "I know these candies because someone secretly put two in my desk in high school. Everyone else slipped love letters into my desk, but she only left me two candies. Though..." He paused. Unable to help herself, Zhou Anran turned to look at him. Her gaze met the boy's, warm with laughter yet intent. He looked at her as if hinting at something. "They were pretty sweet." Later, on the night he kissed her for the first time, he said the very same thing. What you hope for will eventually come true. Theme: Never give up