[Warning: White Lotus, green-tea-style heroine!!]
Bai Mian was famous at J University for being delicate, beautiful, and considerate. People called her the belle of the Foreign Languages Department.
Sadly, someone had plucked that flower back in her senior year of high school. Word was that he was a fellow student, and plenty of J University students lamented the news.
Then one day, a post appeared on the campus forum:
[The belle's boyfriend is cheating with a girl from their school. Poor flower.]
The post went viral at once, and J University's talented young men grew eager to make their move.
Not long afterward, another post appeared:
[This is the kind of guy our flower deserves!]
Attached was a photo: beneath J University's iconic cherry tree, a girl stood on tiptoe, whispering into the ear of a boy bent over to hold her.
Netizens: Thanks, we're full.
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Bai Mian had a boyfriend who was clueless, and her boyfriend had a female best friend who had no sense of boundaries. That best friend also loved making a point of showing up in front of her.
Bai Mian: Smile.JPG
Bai Mian patiently watched the girl jump around in front of her. Just as her patience was about to run out, someone sent her a live update: the girl and her boyfriend were kissing.
Well, well.
Bai Mian promptly dumped her boyfriend and got ready to enjoy the joys of being single.
She didn't expect to see the boy she'd been tutoring the very next day, waiting below her dorm.
He stood a head taller than her. Pulling her into his arms, he murmured in a muffled voice:
"Don't be sad. I'll protect you from now on."
Excuse me? Have you been watching too many romance anime, kid?
*
When Pei Yan was in his second year of high school, his parents saw his grades and decided to hire him a tutor.
At the time, Pei Yan was in the throes of his rebellious teenage phase and planned to refuse outright. But when he saw Bai Mian, a little white flower who barely reached his shoulder, he shamefully fell for her.
Reading Guide
1. Character details are here to stay; blurb subject to change
2. The male lead becomes the other man for love (just kidding)
3. Old-school romance tropes, but not melodramatic
4.
Theme: Knowledge changes your destiny
