Mutual Delusions

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[The male lead takes the top spot / No getting back together after a breakup / The scumbag gets reduced to ashes]

The year Wen Shuyao was placed with the Sheng family at the age of twelve, she met the boy who would leave her breathless for the rest of her life.

But after a misunderstanding, he cornered her after class and warned her, "Little sis, tattling isn't what a good student should do."

That was enough to put an end to all her fantasies about him for years to come.

Six years later, they met again at Fudan University's School of Mathematical Sciences.

At the time, she caught her freshly dumped ex wrapped in a thin blanket. He matter-of-factly claimed he'd only made the same mistake every normal man in the world makes.

*

She ended things without hesitation, then got drunk at a bar and messaged Sheng Yichu, emboldened by the haze:

"Big bro, I'm drunk. Come keep me company."

When the man arrived, the girl he'd been pining for spoke in a soft, reproachful voice: "How is cheating any different from being a prostitute?"

Thinking of the carefully arranged scene, he smiled, carefree and gentle. "That's why I told you to break up with him and get together with me ages ago."

That night, she saw the wild, audacious boy from her memories in a new light.

*

The only son of the Sheng family in Beijing's elite circles was more handsome than anyone, yet wilder than anyone. Since childhood, his teachers had agreed he was a hopelessly bad student.

No one expected this untouchable rich kid to get into Fudan University with a top-ten score in the citywide college entrance exam.

Everyone said he had been forced to rely on his studies to rise in status after his family fell on hard times.

But they didn't know that even a playboy could have a cherished first love, and be willing to change his ways and become a lovesick puppy for her.

Later, the dashing man knelt on one knee in his military uniform. That simple proposal became a moment the entire Beijing elite would remember for the rest of their lives.

*I've secretly fantasized countless times that, no matter what, I would win your heart.

Fair-skinned, sweet-faced female professor x cocky, untamed male officer

1v1 / both leads sexually inexperienced / has a secondary couple / lots of original worldbuilding

Synopsis for "Dr. Gu Is Cold and Flirtatious Again"

[Six-year age gap / Reunited after a long separation / Beautiful doctor x everyone's first love]

1.

Thanks to her best friend, Jiang Tingwu meets Gu Qingci at the medical school.

The man is handsome and refined, with an air of privilege. He's the abstinent saint of Affiliated First Hospital and everyone's unattainable dream at East University.

He's also the man she fell in love with at first sight six months ago.

Reunited after a long separation, Jiang Tingwu vows to win him over this time.

To arrange chance encounters, she repeatedly pretends to be sick and goes to Affiliated First Hospital, but every time, the man remains utterly calm. "Neurosurgery only sees brains."

Jiang Tingwu gets angry. "Doctor, there really is something wrong with my brain."

He looks up. "What is it?"

"I'm sick with thoughts of you. Lovesick."

"..."

2.

Before long, Jiang Tingwu goes to stay at her best friend's house, and the moment she walks in, she sees her roommate's uncle... Gu Qingci.

She freezes, then belatedly calls him Uncle Gu, just like her best friend does.

She clearly sees a flicker of surprise in his beautiful eyes.

Delighted, Jiang Tingwu decides to take advantage of being so close and make her move, but that very night he coolly rejects her. "You're Suisui's friend. We're not in the right generation for this."

She refuses to give up, but after repeatedly flirting with no success, she's forced to accept that she's just been fantasizing.

The day she decides to give up on Gu Qingci for good, she says through the bitterness, "Uncle Gu, I'm sorry. I won't bother you anymore."

But as soon as the words leave her mouth, he corners her against the wall, his eyes filled with hurt. "You said you were lovesick for me. Are you really drawing the line so soon?"

[Bonus scene]

When word gets around Affiliated First Hospital that the abstinent saint has been won over by everyone's first love, everyone is stunned: The untouchable Gu has finally broken his vows?!

Only Jiang Tingwu, who gets bullied by him every night, can't help protesting: "What saint? He's obviously a lecher in fine clothes!"

The man gazes at her tenderly. "If you still have the energy to insult me, you must not be tired yet."

Then, his ears reddening, he gently coaxes her, "Don't you like calling me Uncle? Be good and say it a few more times."

*Elegant, gentle, and unattainable x playful, flirtatious ray of sunshine

*1v1 / both leads sexually inexperienced / no real-life inspiration. Please don't bring real celebrities into the comments.

Theme: Love requires both people to make an effort.