Back in school, Lin Shen was the best wingwoman around, and she never lost. After graduation, she started working at a matchmaking agency, where she ranked at the bottom every month because she couldn't stand people who were love-addled or full of themselves, hated seeing beauties paired with boars, and made it her mission to deal with sleazy men.
Even though she'd once been a lovesick puppy herself for a long time.
Only after the man of her dreams, an upperclassman, left her seriously ill did she finally give up on him and start taking another look at her archenemy, the one who had led her out of the darkness.
"Hey, Young Master Jiang, what exactly do you see in me?"
"Only complementary strengths and weaknesses can drive society forward."
"..."
"Besides, you're safe. A relationship with you has long-term potential, and nothing unexpected will happen before we get married."
"...Get lost."
From their small county town to the city's top high school, everyone knew Jiang Zhiyuan doted on Lin Shen. But the person Lin Shen hated most was Jiang Zhiyuan.
Even Jiang Zhiyuan himself had no idea that those rumors would eventually become false.
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Jiang Zhiyuan knew that, in Lin Shen's eyes, he was poor, a lunatic who pretended to dote on her during the day but showed his true colors and bullied her at night. They couldn't stand each other.
But in truth, all of that was just her one-sided fantasy.
Back then, she hadn't waited for him to come back. Later, he carefully laid his plans and lured her step by step into the beautiful dream he'd woven for her, only for her to disappear without a word once again.
When he finally decided to let go, he had no idea that, just as she had hidden her beauty behind straight bangs and black-rimmed glasses in middle school, the girl had sealed all the things she wanted to say to him inside that QR code.
It turned out she'd been reaching for him all along, just as he had been reaching for her.
But somehow, they still kept missing each other.
[No matter what, having you in this life is the greatest joy.]
[Scheming School Hottie VS Explosive Wingwoman] [Even a Wingwoman Gets Her Springtime]
[Jealous, Love-Brained Math Olympiad Genius X Goofy, Straight-Ahead Chinese Literature Department Belle]
★ First-person narration, amateur writing, old-fashioned language
★ All characters are fictional, please don't read into it, thanks
★ No dating in school, study hard and keep improving
★ Modern setting with alternate-history elements, lots of author-created details, Mary Sue-style absurd comedy
★ See the first chapter author's note for content warnings. If it's not for you, please don't read
★ No writing advice, and no need to tell me if you drop the story
Theme: True love may be late, but it will never be absent forever.
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