Sprouting

This story will switch to paid chapters in reverse order on Friday, September 24. The paid chapters will be 23-42, so please don't buy them again if you've already read them. Chi Tian's feelings blossomed too late. It wasn't until after graduation and the start of her working life that she gradually recalled the heart-pounding feeling from high school. She could rack her brains all she wanted, but she couldn't figure out how she had... ended up liking women. Later, she often looked back on it... Probably because beauty had bewitched her... After starting work, Chi Tian was constantly asked about her love life, and the pressure from all sides was too much. So she made up a "him": They got together in high school, broke up when they went to different cities after graduation, and she couldn't forget her previous relationship, so she'd been single from college through her working years. Everyone sighed over her sad story. One day, Fu Yan asked her, "I heard you had someone you secretly liked for years. How come you've never told me?" Chi Tian knocked over her rice bowl. "We got along pretty well back in high school, didn't we?" Someone looked at her meaningfully. "That boyfriend of yours sounds a lot like me." Chi Tian: "..." Later, word got around that Chi Tian had reunited with her high school boyfriend!! A spoiled, gentle, naturally flirtatious (beastly) designer x a programmer girl who's intermittently adorably clueless - 1v1, happy ending, both leads have only been with each other Content warnings: 1. The designer has dated men. 2. Chi Tian is bisexual. Before realizing she liked women, she admired both men and women. 3. There will be flashbacks to school days, mostly from Chi Tian's perspective. They're actually switches. Note: Chi Tian dreams a lot, but she's very innocent. It never goes further than kissing. (Upcoming story: Hiding My Talents. Please follow!) [A straightforward unrequited-love story, turning a straight girl gay, with a little regret and redemption] Zang Zhuo has a ragdoll cat whose looks and temperament are just like hers. Taking care of it is like waiting on a little emperor. It never meows or cuddles, and the two of them live under one roof like neighbors who don't know each other. Then Lin Yu moves in. She has blunt bangs and square-framed glasses. Zang Zhuo's opinion: Average-looking and hopelessly unfashionable. But the cat likes her. Zang Zhuo explains: "Cats eating fish is just instinct." - Lin Yu is a distant relative of Zang Zhuo's from the countryside. She moves to the city for work after graduating and stays at Zang Zhuo's place. Lin Yu: "A Zhuo, I've had a crush on you for seven years." Zang Zhuo: "A crush? You're not exactly subtle." Lin Yu: "A Zhuo, my family wants me to get married." Zang Zhuo: "Go on a blind date." Lin Yu: "A Zhuo, I want to take care of you." Zang Zhuo: "No." - Lin Yu: "A Zhuo, I'm not getting married. I still like you." Zang Zhuo: "...Don't say that out loud." Lin Yu: "Then can I keep liking you in secret?" Zang Zhuo, hoarsely: "...Okay." --The hook is straight, the bait is salty. Whoever bites, bites.-- The Straight Girl Game Qin Yi # Zhou Er Straight girl # Straight girl Mature woman # Mature woman A woman who loves shipping fictional characters # A woman who thinks men only get in the way of making money At first, Qin Yi and Zhou Er would lean against the sofa and admire the muscular men on each other's phones. "Look at those muscles!" "Wow, those veins!" Later, Qin Yi and Zhou Er would sit propped up in bed, each holding up a phone and testing the waters. "Look at this older sister's legs. Aren't they long?" "Look at this younger sister's chest. Isn't it big?" Premise: Young love