When He Youxi started her first year of high school, she fell in love at first sight with the campus heartthrob in the neighboring class and secretly crushed on him for two years.
She planned to confess during their final year, but he overheard someone saying she didn't like him.
As it happened, the heartthrob also said she wasn't his type.
Just as He Youxi was ready to give up, she and the heartthrob began crossing paths.
They didn't end up dating, but became good friends instead.
Even after graduating from high school, they were still good friends.
The day before they left school, news that a classmate had confessed to He Youxi reached her good friend Shu Yu. That same day, he cornered her in a narrow alley.
Shu Yu: "You don't like me?"
He Youxi: "Don't you dislike me too?"
Shu Yu shook his head, acting completely out of character. The corners of his lips lifted gently. "No. I like you. The kind of like that means I want to date you."
"!"
What a shock! My good friend has had designs on me all along!
A sunny girl who's not very tall in any way && a cool, quiet boy who's too tall in every way.
A little preview of another upcoming story:
From childhood on, Xi You had always been the "other people's child" her relatives and friends held up as a model of excellence for comparison.
To everyone's astonishment, this paragon married a handsome but penniless young man on a whim.
Xi You paid no mind to the sarcasm and snide remarks. All her life, her parents had treated her like a doll they could manipulate. Then, at the age of twenty-six, she resolved to make a change.
That year, she met a beautiful young man living on the streets and took him home.
During their time together, he could only depend on her. He was someone who belonged entirely to her.
Watching him bustle about, for the first time she considered getting married. It had nothing to do with love. She simply wanted someone to share a life with.
He Mian's rebellious phase came unusually late. It didn't start until he was twenty-two.
After a failed romance, he ran away from home. To stop his parents from interfering in his life, he got married on a whim.
He hadn't even waited for his parents to concede before he found himself falling in love.
One day, they discovered each other's secrets.
**Married first, fall in love later: a bittersweet romance
**The leads will get divorced, and the heroine will have a flirtation after the divorce
Theme: Love is a gradual process
