The One I Love

[Scheming sweetheart who pretends to be aloof every day and has a thing for mixed-race guys × quirky chatterbox who never runs out of cheeky remarks]

[Quiet little mute × Little stutterer] [Silly school-life comedy]

Updates daily at midnight. My other novel, "Butterfly Fleeing the Blazing Sun," is updating next door. Feel free to check it out too, friends! =v=

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The year Wu Qingsi started high school, a Chinese-Italian mixed-race boy joined her class.

His striking double eyelids and heterochromia, one gold eye and one black, drew everyone's attention. Her classmates exclaimed that a god had descended to earth, saying they'd never met anyone so handsome in real life.

The handsome boy merely gave the class a cool glance, then strode straight over to her on his long legs.

Wu Qingsi was so startled her jaw nearly hit the floor. The boys and girls around them all had their hearts broken, while a few goofballs started writing fanfiction about the two of them.

Sadly, fantasies are just fantasies.

The handsome boy was as cold as a painting. Almost no one had ever heard him speak.

Later---

On someone's birthday

"Wu Qingsi, I got you a cake for your birthday. Touched?"

Someone uses an emoticon in a text

"Wu Qingsi, can you talk normally?"

Someone goes quiet

"Hey, Wu Qingsi, why aren't you answering me?"

--"Butterfly Fleeing the Blazing Sun"--

Sometimes dazed, sometimes sharp-tongued introverted actress × caustic extroverted comic artist

[Reunion after years apart, secret love comes true]

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Gu Yexing is a rising star in the entertainment industry. At just 21, she's already won almost every domestic newcomer award.

Unfortunately, after offending a powerful figure, her career went downhill. She appeared in six dramas in a year and was still dismissed as nothing but a pretty face.

At one banquet, she arrived in full glamor, only to be berated by that powerful figure again.

She was about to fight back when someone appeared behind her

Ji Man stood tall and straight, every movement exuding nobility. He lazily raised his eyelids and, with a casual release of his hand, sent the champagne cart crashing onto the powerful figure with a loud bang.

Gu Yexing was overwhelmed with gratitude, but her hand slipped and her glass fell backward.

It cut someone's wrist.

Ji Man: ?

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Gu Yexing bought some stir-fried pig liver to visit him.

At that moment, Ji Man lay on the hospital bed, barely alive, his hand wrapped in bandages.

Even so, his pale skin still framed a sharp jawline, and his lips were cool and impassive.

Feeling even guiltier, Gu Yexing wiped away a tear and apologized to him without prompting. "I really was stupid, truly. I knew you were standing there, but I didn't know you'd step forward... Actually, I've never hated you. Not even after you turned me down in high school. I even had a very foolish crush on you. Isn't that ridiculous?"

The other person closed his eyes, then suddenly said, "A little."

"?"

Gu Yexing nearly jumped out of her skin. She grabbed her bag and fled, making it a long way out before her palm suddenly felt heavy. She froze.

Was this his... bird's nest?

This novel is also known as "About My Wife Being a Love Thief" or "Honey, Stop Stealing Bird's Nest and Steal Me Instead."

Theme: Pursue your ideals and become better people together.