Flirting with My Ex-Girlfriend's Best Friend

[New serial: Her Little Tail Is Wild and Brave, band vocalist × drummer. See my author page.]

Three years ago, Shi Rongya's best friend abandoned her girlfriend, Guan Ning, and ran off.

Having left everything behind for love and come to Qingcheng, Guan Ning was left with nothing. She had no choice but to shamelessly cling to her honest, straightforward friend Shi Rongya.

Eventually, Guan Ning managed to charm the honest one into dating her.

Later, Guan Ning discovered that this honest person was actually quite the schemer!

They hid things from each other and pursued and entangled themselves with each other, until they were both in too deep.

One heavy rain washed away all the pretense.

Layer by layer, their masks came off, destroying the perfect illusion in an instant.

Shi Rongya: There's something you're hiding.

Guan Ning: Hah. The ghosts know who you're thinking about.

At Jiayu's annual gala, reporters fired off flash after flash and shouted wildly outside, blocking Boss Shi's way. It was all because Guan Ning, the breakout young star of the year, had called out to her boss on camera five minutes earlier, demanding her year-end bonus.

Shi Rongya smiled brightly. "Why didn't you ask her what she wants?"

A discussion thread sprang up online, and netizens started tagging Guan Ning and suggesting all kinds of bizarre year-end rewards.

After a whole night of speculation, Guan Ning finally showed up.

Guan Ning: What I want, don't you already know, Boss? @Shi Rongya

Less than a minute later, Boss Shi reposted the message.

Shi Rongya: You already have all of me. Still not satisfied?

Reading guide:

1. Couple: dancer Guan Ning × entertainment company owner Shi Rongya. There are exes.

2. The sweetness comes with a sting. They take turns needling each other as they gradually learn to accept one another. They bicker in public and fight at home.

3. The entertainment-industry storyline comes later. This is not about a girl group that sings and dances.

Coming soon, see my author page: "Hey, Take Me Away"

When Yu Huan was seventeen, she transferred schools in her final year of high school and met her less-than-friendly desk mate, Shen Can.

Later, the classmate everyone called an ice-cold beauty broke her leg. Ten minutes between classes wasn't even enough time for her to get to the bathroom. Yu Huan followed behind and teased her. "Hey, would it kill you to ask me for help?"

Shen Can leaned against the wall, assuming Yu Huan was laughing at her, and shot her a glare. "Get lost."

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

Before long, their classmates were privately shipping them.

At their graduation dinner, one classmate gathered up the courage to ask about it over drinks.

Yu Huan froze for a moment. "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 Yu Huan rushed back without a second thought.

At Shen Can's mother's funeral, Shen Can held her and cried hysterically, while Yu Huan's gaze darkened as she looked at the man beside Shen Can.

After the funeral, just before leaving, Yu Huan pressed a box and a bottle into her hand. With a cheeky grin, she told her not to accidentally get pregnant.

Shen Can was still crying. Yu Huan wiped away 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 pulling a 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?"

Reading guide: A story about ordinary people weathering life's hardships, with no domineering CEO and no golden finger. Internal audit × corporate trainer. Spanning a long period, from school to adulthood. There are exes, so anyone who requires chastity should quit while they're ahead. This is not a sugary romance. There is unrequited love, pursuit, joy, and sorrow: a lesbian falling for a woman who thinks she's straight. They grow at different rates, so the point of view shifts between them. Neither one gets away.

Theme: Never repeat what cannot be undone. Never deceive. Hold fast to your original intentions, and you'll see things through to the end.