Secretly in Love with You

Lin Yu arrived at Jing University and was crowned the campus belle. Less than half a year later, she lost the title, and rumors about her spread all over campus.

They said that after her advances were rejected, she cut off her hair and severed ties. When she saw the campus heartthrob dating someone, she cursed them to break up. After finally keeping quiet for three years, she clung to him at the graduation banquet.

Later, she shamelessly set her sights on Mu Heng, the most admired aloof heartthrob in the capital. Her nerve became the talk of the town.

The shameless Lin Yu really did spend all day with Mu Heng.

Just not in the way people thought.

She was writing at Xiangshan. When she got to "The summer sun blazed, and visitors chatted," a man's voice suddenly rang out:

"The Shandong cuisine at Songlin Restaurant is pretty good. Have you tried their chrysanthemum shrimp balls?"

Lin Yu couldn't help swallowing. Her fingers twitched as she wrote, "A Shandong restaurant, its chrysanthemum shrimp balls are the finest in the world."

After packing up her things, Lin Yu looked at him with deep affection.

Mu Heng: "..."

Once again, he realized that food was more appealing than he was.

She was taking photos at the Ming Tombs, silently reciting, "Painted golden dragons, magnificent and splendid," when another man's voice suddenly spoke up:

"Almond tofu, mango foie gras, and grilled black cod with miso sauce."

"Are you a waiter or something, rattling off dishes like that?"

His list of dishes wiped away all of Lin Yu's poetic inspiration. She secretly rubbed her stomach, but in the end, she surrendered to her appetite.

Mu Heng hid his triumphant smile, looking perfectly innocent.

In the essay "Travel Miscellany," Lin Yu angrily wrote: I thought I was just a glutton, but it turned out I was also greedy for his good looks.

Later, "Travel Miscellany" won an award at the Mao New Writers' Competition.

Mu Heng stood up to accept the award on his wife's behalf. Usually aloof and proud, he spoke of his wife with tenderness.

Everyone thought of Lin Yu. Mu Heng had married less than a year later. Who knew who she'd set her sights on next?

Later still, at a class reunion, someone saw Mu Heng with his arm around Lin Yu of Jing University, once the talk of the town. He lowered his head toward her, his eyes full of tenderness.

Everyone sighed that even the aloof heartthrob was no different from anyone else. He had abandoned his newlywed wife and was openly bringing his mistress around.

But then they heard Mu Heng say:

"Let me introduce my wife, Lin Yu."

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"Mu Heng"

Mu Heng, the aloof young master of the capital's social circles, became interested in a girl for the first time in his life. Fair-skinned, pretty, lively. He liked her very much.

Mu Heng brought Lin Yu into his circle, only to push her away.

Four years later, at their graduation banquet, he watched coolly as Lin Yu found herself in an awkward situation, then silently lit a cigarette.

He was Mu Heng. He could have any woman he wanted. Did it really have to be her?

But by the time the cigarette burned down, his patience had run out too.

Later.

Holding Lin Yu's hand, Mu Heng hid his triumphant smile, looking perfectly innocent and aloof.

So what if it was face-slapping? He had fallen for this woman, and there was no getting out of it.

"Lin Yu"

Lin Yu, an artsy young woman, believed that love shouldn't be something you try out. Love at first sight meant committing for life.

So she was certain she would never fall for Mu Heng, whom people teasingly called a young master.

Later.

In the work of a young writer who was said to write about scenery and objects, never people, and never break that rule, Mu Heng appeared everywhere.

The author herself finally put down her pen, resting her chin in her hand as she pondered.

Fine, she could break the rule. Better that than let her man get away.

Thesis: Stay true to your heart