I'm the Stand-In. Not Happy?

[Complete] [Please add my next story, Is Lemon Sweet? to your collection!] A new man moved into the apartment above Xia Xi. They said he was a new astronomy professor at the neighboring university. Cool and aloof, he was exactly her dream type. Xia Xi fell in love at first sight and practiced confessing to him every day with her parrot. But the day before she planned to confess, her parrot escaped and flew into the classroom of Jiang Jibai, who was teaching a livestreamed open lecture. In front of over a hundred people, the parrot suddenly flew in and landed on the shoulder of the cold, distant man. It opened its beak and spoke human words: "Professor Jiang, I like you!" Everyone in the classroom: "???" The parrot continued to make outrageous demands: "I hope you won't refuse. Be my boyfriend!" - The whole world knew that Jiang Jibai had accepted a parrot's confession. Xia Xi never dreamed that her own free-range chicken would steal her man. She angrily knocked on the door upstairs. "Um... Professor Jiang, I'm the parrot's owner. If you don't mind, I could... take its place." An unconventional food blogger who owns an overly confident parrot x a seemingly proper astronomy professor Airhead x grouch Also known as: The Last Time I Heard Something This Ridiculous Was the Last Time; How I Got the Right Answer Despite Getting Every Step Wrong; The Food Blogger's House Really Has Everything; My Girlfriend Isn't Human Tips: 1. One-on-one romance, happy ending, both leads' first relationship. 2. A sweet little story. Check the author's note in Chapter One for content warnings. 3. Daily updates, tentatively at 8:00 a.m. Next story, Is Lemon Sweet?: 1. Yu Siying lost a bet and confessed to the campus heartthrob in front of everyone. They said the heartthrob was cold and indifferent, and gave every person who confessed to him the same polite rejection: "Sorry, I already like someone." That suited Yu Siying perfectly. But after hearing her half-hearted confession, the aloof heartthrob lazily lifted his peach-blossom eyes. "Sure." Yu Siying: ??? 2. Xiao Que said his family had been nagging him to find a girlfriend lately. They had even cut most of his allowance, but promised an extra ten thousand a month if he started dating. He invited Yu Siying to pretend to be his girlfriend so they could earn the money, and offered to split it fifty-fifty. Short on cash, Yu Siying agreed eagerly. Later, beneath the bright moon, Xiao Que lowered his long lashes and kissed her eyelids, the tip of her nose, and her lips, inch by inch. His voice was husky and tender. "Say you love me." "Mm, I love you." "How much?" "Five thousand." "..." Beautiful, brash, and unconventional x cool, lazy, and quiet Tips: 1. One-on-one romance, happy ending, both leads' first relationship. 2. Inspired by that joke online about living expenses. Theme: Life is a subjective question with no standard answer.