I Could Never Fall for a Green Tea

1. Because she’d grown up dependent on other people, Chen Daiwei was very good at reading the room and telling people what they wanted to hear. That was why everyone around her, young and old, liked her. Everyone, that is, except Chen Xueze. She still remembered the meaningful look he gave her the year the word “green tea” first came into use. 2. Years later, a twist of fate brought them under the same roof. Chen Daiwei was still the same Chen Daiwei, but Chen Xueze was no longer the person he used to be. The once-proud, untouchable prodigy had fallen on hard times. He lived in a dark old house and apparently hadn’t left in ages. She heard he’d temporarily lost his sight. Thinking back to how Chen Xueze used to mock her, Chen Daiwei impulsively came up with a plan. She’d take advantage of the fact that he didn’t know who she was and use every trick in the book to make him fall for her. Once his eyesight returned, she’d laugh in his face. To her surprise, her plan only worked halfway. Chen Xueze really did fall for her and become unable to live without her, but his eyesight just wouldn’t come back. 3. A few months later, Chen Daiwei ran into Chen Xueze at a café while he was discussing something with someone. Through the glass, she watched the poor thing who’d spilled hot water all over himself just a few hours ago because he couldn’t see turn back into the old Chen Xueze. His eyes held the same ease and composure as before, and he spoke with casual nonchalance. As he talked, he even picked up his coffee. Just as he was about to take a sip, he suddenly went rigid, then very naturally and skillfully poured the entire cup over himself. Under the astonished gaze of the person across from him, Chen Xueze lowered his eyes and calmly said, “Sorry, I can’t see.” 4. What Chen Daiwei didn’t know was that Chen Xueze had known about her plan all along, and his eyesight had already recovered. She also didn’t know he could see her putting on a soft, coy voice to comfort him while wearing ugly pajamas, sitting on the sofa with half a watermelon in her arms and scooping it up spoonful by spoonful without even looking up. Next book: She Didn’t Wait for Him Forever 1. Lu Qinghe was an illegitimate son of the Lu family, kept hidden from the world. He was sent to a small town, where no one knew he existed. Xu Jin fell in love with him at first sight. In those dark, joyless days, Xu Jin gave him warmth and kept him from falling apart. Before he left town, he told Xu Jin, “Wait for me to come back and marry you.” 2. Later, Lu Qinghe married someone else. He asked Xu Jin to wait a little longer, telling her he only needed a woman from a good family to help him get ahead. He promised that once he inherited the Lu family, he would marry her. Xu Jin shook her head and walked away without a word, her back looking lonely. After that day, Lu Qinghe didn’t see her for a long time. 3. Lu Qinghe assumed Xu Jin had spent all that time pining away in the small town. When they met again, she would surely look much more haggard, just as unable to move on as he was. But he didn’t have much time to think about love. He’d heard that his exceptionally talented younger brother might be marrying the daughter of an influential figure. He never expected to see Xu Jin again at the Lu family home. He watched her embrace his younger brother, a particularly sweet smile on her face. His usually cold younger brother rested his chin on her shoulder, looking docile and obedient as he let her stroke his hair. At first, he thought Xu Jin was helping him, putting a stop to the marriage arrangement that had been giving him a headache. Only later did he learn that Xu Jin was the influential figure’s daughter. Theme: Everyone deserves to be loved