My Dog-Like Childhood Friend Says He's Secretly in Love with Me

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Blurb:

Qi Ning, known at No. 1 High School as the "Wildcat Goddess," has lively, flirtatious eyes that seem to cast a bewitching kiss whenever they sweep over someone. She's beautiful and sweet-natured. Though she's terrible at math, it doesn't affect her overall ranking.

Wildcats love to get feisty, and Yin Yunxing loves to provoke her.

Her childhood friend is the school's all-around heartthrob, a good young man who knows astronomy above and geography below, and excels in every aspect of moral, intellectual, physical, and aesthetic development. Apart from being so refined and polite that he can't fight and seems a little weak, it's almost impossible to find a flaw in him.

A saying goes around the No. 1 High School forums:

"The way you lose at games is just like Qi Ning doing math, and just like Yin Yunxing getting into a fight."

Qi Ning doesn't think much of it and says to Yin Yunxing, "What are you so smug about? We're as bad as each other."

She gets into trouble off campus by accident. She thinks there's no way she'll get out of it this time, but the Earth keeps turning at its own pace, and everything turns out fine.

Qi Ning backs away uneasily, only to bump into a warm chest. She turns and meets Yin Yunxing's gaze, then hears his low, magnetic voice softly whisper:

"My little wildcat, I'll protect you."

A loyal, gentle dog doesn't mean it can't bite. Only a wildcat can run free under its protection.

1. A sweet romance, mostly set on campus

2. One-on-one romance

Please add my next modern romance, I Heard Someone Has a Secret Crush on Me, to your reading list~

Blurb

In her junior year, Xia Yiwan secretly fell for Lin Yang.

People said behind her back that she'd sacrificed herself to be someone else's mistress. Xia Yiwan didn't care. She did everything she could to meet Lin Yang's every demand.

She thought that if she did that, he'd come to love her.

But in front of everyone, Lin Yang said outright that he was only playing around with Xia Yiwan.

Xia Yiwan gave up on him. Amid all the festivities at graduation, she called to break up with him.

He replied:

"All right. I'm ten years older than you. We were never really suited to each other."

-

In Lin Yang's eyes, Xia Yiwan leaving was nothing more than a little trick to get his attention.

A friend teased him: "Mr. Lin, where's your little darling?"

Lin Yang swallowed his cold drink. "She went out. She'll be back after a while."

His friend said, "Mr. Lin sounds pretty sure she'll come back."

Lin Yang's expression remained blank. "Of course."

-

Who could have known?

Later, Lin Yang sees Xia Yiwan at a fashion show. As an internationally acclaimed fashion designer, she's being courted by all the major brands.

She doesn't spare Lin Yang even a glance.

Afterward, he appears in front of her without warning and grabs her wrist. His voice conceals a hint of pleading as he says:

"Stop fooling around. Come back with me."

Xia Yiwan gives him a polite, distant smile. "Mr. Lin, you should discuss the terms before talking business, shouldn't you?"

She turns and walks away, heading straight for his biggest competitor.

The friend from before stands beside him, wearing a knowing smile.

"Mr. Lin, she hasn't come back after all."

Lin Yang's expression darkens. "Shut up."

-You are the quiet night summer gave me.

-And I want to be the star resting in the halo around your moon.

Brand president x rising fashion designer

*Ten-year age gap

The remorseful chase to win her back

Theme: A sweet campus romance