When Jiang Yu'an heard that her favorite restaurant had taken sweet-and-sour pork off the menu, the next day after class she grabbed the owner's son and asked, "Brother Ming, how about dating me?"
Shen Nanming chuckled. "Jiang Yu'an, I'm starting to think you have ulterior motives."
"?!" Jiang Yu'an was stunned. Was I really being that obvious...?
"Can't I just like you for you?"
"Oh." Shen Nanming tapped the top spot on the grade ranking list. "Then when you get this spot, I'll consider it."
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Later on, Jiang Yu'an found herself falling for him for real. She started preparing Shen Nanming's eighteenth birthday present two months in advance. By the day before his birthday, she had folded 104 stars, each with a different well-wish written inside. All but one had a unique message: "I hid my love for you that winter, year after year."
After Shen Nanming's birthday party, Jiang Yu'an went home and played on her phone. Just as she was about to fall asleep, a notification chimed. Three messages appeared on her screen.
Shen Nanming: "You like me?"
Shen Nanming: [Image]
Shen Nanming: "By the way, you didn't keep it a secret. Last year, you asked me to date you because of my family's sweet-and-sour pork. Now that I think about it, you really had your eye on me, huh?"
Jiang Yu'an: ...
"Why would I like this smug jerk?"
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