Unfit to Be a Sweet Girl

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[1]

Everyone thinks Jiang Meng is exactly what her name suggests: soft, sweet, cute, innocent, and carefree, with a delicate figure and a gentle nature. She's a pure, twelve-out-of-twelve soft girl.

Whenever that happens, Sheng Yujing just sneers in silence.

Cute?

That's only because you haven't seen her unleash a string of outrageous lines and take down one squealing crybaby with every punch.

Later, on the eve of the final PE exam, Jiang Meng practiced tai chi at his house. She flailed her arms, made a fierce face, and performed the routine with the force and grandeur of someone who could topple mountains and conquer the world.

Meanwhile, Sheng Yujing gazed at the girl's pink pajamas and her fair, flushed cheeks, then turned away expressionlessly.

Damn.

She's so fucking cute.

[2]

Everyone knows Sheng Yujing is aloof and reserved. He's the undisputed beauty of A University, a lofty flower no one can pick.

Until one evening, a student out for a run passed a secluded spot beneath the eaves by the sports field and happened to see this:

A handsome, refined young man braced both arms against the wall, trapping a petite girl between himself and the bricks. In a languid voice, he asked, "Do you know what a real soft girl should do after being pinned against a wall?"

He paused, then chuckled. "She should kiss me."

The student out for a run was floored.

The fake soft girl in his arms was, too.

◆ A tough fake soft girl x a secretly flirtatious fake aloof guy

◆ A campus comedy that is serious about being completely unserious

Coming next: Far Beyond Reach. Please add it to your reading list!

[1]

As a girl, Lin Zhaolu had a secret: she had fallen for the most distant star in the sky.

At seventeen, Meng Fanchen was a noble young man born to shine, the very picture of privilege.

On the eve of high school graduation, just before Lin Zhaolu planned to confess, she learned that a talent scout had discovered him and brought him into show business to act in films.

Lin Zhaolu's secret crush, like her old diary, was forgotten in a dusty corner.

She watched his career shine brighter and brighter. She watched him grow ever more out of reach.

The day Meng Fanchen's relationship became public, Lin Zhaolu found her old high school diary in a corner of the house.

One page held the secrets of her girlhood heart:

"I spent my entire youth trying to catch up to that unreachable star.

Then, in a single night, I became just one among the millions behind him."

[2]

Lin Zhaolu never dreamed that Meng Fanchen would star in the script she had written.

Though thrilled and overwhelmed, she was troubled every day.

How could she keep him from discovering that the story in the script was based on her high school crush, and that the male lead was none other than Meng Fanchen himself?

But Meng Fanchen kept seeking her out every day, wanting to discuss the story in depth and analyze the heroine's journey through unrequited love.

Lin Zhaolu was cautious and on edge, terrified that she'd give herself away.

On the last day of the script reading, Lin Zhaolu finally let out a sigh of relief, only to receive a message from Meng Fanchen.

"Teacher Lin, I have one last question."

"I've made it this obvious. Why hasn't the heroine realized that I'm in love with her?"

[I never imagined that one day the star so far beyond my reach would truly fly to me.]

Reading Guide:

1. Mutual pining, first love for both, happy ending

2. Campus and city life, slow burn, everyday life

Theme: What you see is not all of me