Flirting with My Roommate's Older Sister

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Blurb:

Liang Ximu never imagined that the pretty girl she was helping her roommate flirt with online would turn out to be Ji Kejia, her best friend: the utterly straight girl she'd been quietly trying to turn for four years.

What a terrible straight girl! She'd date other girls, but wouldn't give Liang Ximu a chance?

What should she do? Could she steal her away?

Ji Kejia had wanted to teach Liang Ximu a lesson about her flirtatious ways. Liang would flirt with her while also searching online for other pretty girls. Was she trying to build a harem? What a terrible lesbian!

But their first in-person meeting went horribly wrong! Who was the woman across from her?

Where was that jerk Liang Ximu?

Back then:

Liang Ximu (chubby): "Sis, I'm sorry... I really won't eat fried chicken anymore!"

Ji Kejia (fuming): "Run two more laps!"

Later:

Liang Ximu (timid): "Sis, I'm sorry... I really wasn't flirting with anyone else!"

Ji Kejia (teasing): "Then give me two more kisses!"

CP: A laid-back, explosive short fuse from the School of Economics and Management x a slow-to-warm, scheming fake straight girl from the School of Chemistry

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Coming soon, see my profile: Hey, Take Me Away

At seventeen, Yu Huan transferred schools in her final year of high school and got stuck with a rather unfriendly deskmate, Shen Can.

Later, the deskmate, nicknamed the Ice Queen, broke her leg. Ten minutes between classes wasn't even enough to get to the bathroom. Yu Huan followed behind her, teasing, "Hey, would it kill you to ask me for help?"

Shen Can steadied herself against the wall. Thinking Yu Huan was making fun of her, she shot her a glare. "Get lost."

Her kindness thrown back in her face, Yu Huan dropped her smile and picked Shen Can up with a cold expression. "Hold on tight. Don't fall again."

As they grew closer, their classmates started shipping them in private.

At their graduation dinner, one classmate finally got drunk enough to ask them about it.

Yu Huan paused. "Buddy, you've got the wrong idea. She has a boyfriend, and I have a girlfriend. We're just good friends."

At twenty-one, Yu Huan started a company internship that required her to live on-site.

One call from Shen Can, and she rushed back without a second thought.

At Shen Can's mother's funeral, Shen Can clung to her and sobbed uncontrollably, while Yu Huan's gaze darkened as she looked at the man beside her.

After the funeral, Yu Huan pressed a box and a bottle into Shen Can's hands. With a careless smile, she told her not to go making a baby by accident.

Shen Can was still crying. Yu Huan wiped her tears and kissed her forehead. "If things aren't going well, tell me. I'll come back and take you away."

At twenty-seven, Yu Huan came out of the airport dragging her suitcase, eyes red, and moved in with Shen Can.

Yu Huan cried in the bathtub while Shen Can sat on the floor outside, lost in thought.

After another failed blind date, Yu Huan teased her.

Shen Can clenched her fingers, her voice barely audible. "Didn't you say you'd take me away?"

Reader's guide: An ordinary romance about people weathering life's hardships, with no overpowered CEO golden finger. Internal controls and audit x corporate trainer. Spanning many years, from school to working life. There are exes, so readers who require spotless romantic histories should stop here. This isn't a fluffy romance: there is unrequited love, a pursuit, joy, and sorrow. A lesbian falls in love with a woman who thinks she's straight. Their timelines differ, and the narrative shifts between them. Both perspectives, and neither of them gets away.

Theme: Growth and companionship