Plucking Stars in Reverse

Zhao Xing was an outstanding student from a young age, always "the child everyone else's parents wished they had."

The neighbors often told Zhao's mother, "Your Zhao Xing is sure to make something of herself."

Her mother always just smiled.

But not long after the National Day holiday ended, Zhao's mother got a call from the principal, who strongly criticized Zhao Xing's outrageous behavior: shirking her studies and looking down on everyone.

Zhao's mother asked timidly, "Teacher, what exactly did she do?"

The principal said, "She encouraged someone else to date!"

Meanwhile, in the dean of discipline's office.

The accused matchmaker: "I swear on my life, we're just friends."

"Swearing won't help." The dean looked at the person standing nearby. "You tell me."

Lin Jingxiao looked completely unconcerned. "She doesn't like me."

The dean asked, "Then who does she like?"

Lin Jingxiao thought for a long time. "Lin Xiaochong."

As everyone knows, Lin Jingxiao has a dog named Lin Xiaochong.

And Zhao Xing is terrified of dogs.

One day, Zhao Xing lost Lin Xiaochong.

Lin Jingxiao tried to comfort her for ages. "My dog is missing. Why are you crying?"

Sniffling, Zhao Xing said, "Isn't your dog my dog too?"

Lin Jingxiao looked at her without saying a word, then smiled. "Fine."

If you say so, then it is.

[Fake goody-two-shoes X fake brooding type]

Let's find our way out of the fog together!

One-on-one, happy ending, slow burn.

Coming Soon: Fair-Weather Friends

1.

There's a saying at No. 7 Middle School that even the principal knows by heart.

Everyone says, "A talented man deserves a beautiful woman, and Zhuo Fan belongs with Si Yao." But who doesn't know that top student Zhuo Fan likes good grades, while the student ranked last, Si Yao, likes money?

They have nothing in common and are not each other's type, so in the three years they've been at school, no one's seen them at the same event or heard them exchange a single word.

2.

Later, Zhuo Fan loses a bet with his friends and treats Si Yao to a Western meal.

Stirring his coffee, Zhuo Fan says coolly, "Si Yao."

Si Yao lifts her chin slightly. "Top student, I know what you're going to say."

Zhuo Fan glances at her. "What am I going to say?"

Si Yao curves her red lips. "You like me, right?"

Zhuo Fan looks at her smug expression and laughs in exasperation. "Right, so..."

"Want to date?"

3.

From a diner's journal at the Western restaurant:

"In 2014, I treated you to Western food here,

so you'd smugly think I was pursuing you.

I was just pretending to tease you.

Today our son is two years old,

so I treated you here again,

to let you feel smug once more.

June 16, 2020.

Written by Zhuo Fan."

Theme: Liking you means loving you every day, from dawn to dusk.