A Wild Hide

[Straight Girl Turns Queer] [Long-Planned Scheme] [Living Together] [In the Name of Friendship] [Secret Crush] [Happy Ending]

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Xi Zhixian has been cheerful and outgoing since childhood, so she has plenty of friends. But that has also taught her something: there are no friends forever in this world. Friends are only part of certain phases of your life.

So even with her closest friend, Lang Gu Yun, she always keeps a sense of propriety between them, even while they are inseparable.

After graduating from university, she couldn't find a job. Lang Gu Yun reached out and offered her a job as her celebrity assistant, but Xi Zhixian warned herself not to slack off for even a moment. She would do as much work as she was paid for, and perform her duties conscientiously.

She couldn't stand her family's nagging and wanted to move out. Lang Gu Yun came to her rescue once again, inviting her to move into her villa. Xi Zhixian agreed, but insisted on paying rent. At the same time, she prepared herself to move out and make room for her friend the moment Lang Gu Yun started dating someone.

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That day came soon.

Lang Gu Yun was invited to appear on a variety show. When it was time to showcase her talent, she didn't sing any of the songs that had made her famous across the internet. Instead, she broke away from her usual wild and free-spirited style to cover a love song about regret.

One line, "My heart has been waiting for you for so many years," landed her on two trending topics.

The first: #PopSensationMarksTenYearsSinceDebutWithFirstDatingRumor

The second: #LangGuYunRespondsToDatingRumorsSaysThereAlwaysHasBeenSomeone

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Xi Zhixian read the trending topics and silently went home to pack her things, intending to leave. It wasn't until a tear fell onto her hand as she packed that she realized her heart was hurting in a strangely intense way.

Footsteps behind her interrupted what she was doing, but she didn't dare turn around. She knew it was Lang Gu Yun, but at that moment, she least wanted to see her.

Because even Xi Zhixian herself didn't know how to explain these tears that had crossed a line.

Lang Gu Yun leaned against the doorframe and let out a long sigh.

"My fans say I have a wild, free-spirited exterior, but they don't know that beneath that wild exterior lives a coward."

Her voice sounded softly behind Xi Zhixian.

"That coward has loved someone for ten years, but never dared to tell her."

"Xi Zhixian, can you forgive this coward?"

[I never told you: I don't like men. I like women. And I don't like any other woman. Xi Zhixian, I only like you.]

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Blurb written on March 3, 2026

Theme: Those who love each other will find their way to each other.