I Can't Hide How Much I Like You

Coming next: "Her Thousand-Layered Schemes"

As a popular actress at the height of her career, Cheng Yixin's professional life was thriving, but her love life was a mess.

After just three months in a long-distance relationship with her ex, she got cheated on.

At a bar, she ran into Chi Yi. Dressed in a white shirt, she had a fair, cool profile in the dim light, looking so clean and elegant that she seemed completely out of place.

Cheng Yixin remembered that her scumbag ex had never gotten along with Chi Yi, but all she could do was privately complain about her.

After her ex's brainwashing, Cheng Yixin's impression of Chi Yi was that she was a hypocrite with a messy private life who ripped off consumers and treated people like idiots.

But that pretty face looked just a tiny bit better than the face of a cheating, two-timing scumbag.

With her mind full of thoughts, Cheng Yixin sauntered over with a flirtatious smile. Her soft fingertips gently traced Chi's palm, and she pressed her red lips to Chi's ear to whisper an ambiguous invitation.

The next morning, she woke up in an unfamiliar room.

Cheng Yixin began to question her life. She never expected that, after 27 years of wanting nothing, her first time would be with a strange woman.

"Um..." Cheng Yixin stared at Chi Yi and cautiously asked, "Should I take responsibility?"

Boss Chi: "Sure."

Cheng Yixin: "...Sure what?! I just said that offhandedly!!!!"

She had only meant to use Boss Chi to get back at her scumbag ex. She never expected to get herself caught up in this.

Later, Cheng Yixin stood with her arm around Chi Yi in front of her scumbag ex. Seeing her ex so angry she couldn't speak made Cheng Yixin secretly gloat.

After using Chi Yi, Cheng Yixin had a sudden crisis of conscience and was about to end their loveless relationship

when she discovered that Boss Chi was nothing like the awful person she'd imagined.

Chi Yi was considerate, kind, and attentive, but she kept a secret in her heart that she never spoke of.

Bonus scene

At a live-streamed brand event, Cheng Yixin appeared as a special guest.

Where the cameras couldn't see her, she secretly ate two sweet little biscuits.

Just as she was about to take a third

her manager held up a sign: Cheng Yixin, you can't eat any more!!!

Soon after, Boss Chi, the event's host, picked up a plate of biscuits and deliberately set it in front of her.

Boss Chi smiled gently. "Cheng Yixin can eat them today."

Comments: Yixin and Yi are real!!!

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Coming next: "Her Thousand-Layered Schemes"

Blurb:

Wen Yuqing had been single her whole life. The most shocking thing she'd ever seen happened one weekend

her video-game-obsessed idiot of a younger brother brought home a girlfriend who looked like a goddess.

"Sis, this is my girlfriend, Jiang Yao."

Wen Yuqing stared at the face she'd seen so many times in old dreams, and the spicy snack in her hand dropped to the floor.

She grabbed Jiang Yao's hand, struggling to suppress the emotions surging inside her. "He's dark, skinny, and stupid. What do you even see in him?!"

Jiang Yao gently squeezed her hand back, her fingertips seeming to casually brush Wen Yuqing's palm.

Her voice was lazy and teasing. "Take a guess."

[New help thread on the forum]: "Help! My brother's new girlfriend is the senior I had a crush on in high school. What do I do?! Urgent, waiting for replies!"

[Reply]: Obviously, you steal her away~~ Just make a move, and the two of you will have a story!

[Thread starter]: Stop it. I gave up on straight girls years ago.

[Update]: Help! My brother's new girlfriend keeps asking me out when he's not around, and she gives me presents...

[Reply]: She definitely likes you!

[Thread starter]: Stop being ridiculous.

Then one night, Wen Yuqing ran into Jiang Yao at a lesbian bar, surrounded by a group of women asking for her contact details.

"You slut!" she shouted angrily, rushing over and dragging Jiang Yao into an empty private room. "Are you trying to trick my brother into a lavender marriage? What are you really after?!"

Jiang Yao turned the tables, gently pinning her against the door. Her warm breath drew close, and her fingertips lifted Wen Yuqing's chin.

In the darkness, her voice was utterly bewitching. "What am I after...?"

"I had to trick him so I could have an excuse to keep visiting someone, "

"A little fool who could only sneak glances at me in the library back then, and never even dared to say hello."

Wen Yuqing froze completely, her mind going blank.

"So, here's the answer to your question."

Jiang Yao's lips almost touched her ear.

"The one I want..."

"Has always been his older sister."

Theme: Our lives are not determined by what we've experienced, but by the meaning we give those experiences.