Capturing a Heartbeat [The Second Male Lead Takes the Lead]

[Second Male Lead Wins / Trash Ex Gets His Comeuppance]

"It was as if we were at the bottom of a pond, walking from one moon to another."

[1]

Jiang Fu moved into the Liang family home at fifteen and became Liang Xun's constant little sidekick.

She had a secret: she'd been in love with Liang Xun for six years.

Liang Xun was cold-blooded and ruthless, yet he always took good care of Jiang Fu.

As she suffered through this unspoken love, she watched Liang Xun date one girlfriend after another.

One day, while Liang Xun was drunk, Jiang Fu worked up the courage to confess her feelings.

But as she reached the door, she saw a popular young actress sitting on Liang Xun's lap and acting coy with him.

"You keep going on and on about Jiang Fu. Tell me, do you like her?"

"No." Liang Xun thought it was ridiculous. He frowned and said coldly, "I only see her as a little sister."

Those words, "I only see her as a little sister," finally made Jiang Fu give up.

[2]

Heartbroken, Jiang Fu was miserable and lost herself in video games.

When the online friend who always played games with her heard she'd been dumped, he suddenly said,

"Want to give us a try?"

Jiang Fu thought it would just be a short-lived online relationship, so she agreed.

Half a month later, they met in person.

Jiang Fu discovered that her online boyfriend was Jiang Si, the campus heartthrob at A University.

Jiang Si was unruly and wild. Jiang Fu had heard that his admirers could line up from the east gate of the university all the way to the west.

Staring at his unfairly handsome face, Jiang Fu stammered,

"Um... maybe we should break up?"

"?"

When Jiang Si looked at her, Jiang Fu said quietly,

"I promise I won't tell anyone that we met online."

Jiang Si laughed in disbelief. "Who said I wanted to break up with you?"

"Jiang Fu, if you agree to be with me, don't even think about dumping me."

[3]

Only after Jiang Fu left him did Liang Xun realize he'd been in love with her all along.

One night, Liang Xun got drunk and showed up, devastated, outside Jiang Fu's apartment. He knocked on her door.

But a man answered.

"Who are you? Where's Jiang Fu?" Liang Xun asked, instantly on guard.

"I'm her husband." Just then, Jiang Fu's embarrassed voice came from inside the room. "Jiang Si, where's my nightdress? Where did you hide it this time?"

"As you can see, it's late," Jiang Si said casually. "My wife and I are going to bed."

Liang Xun's face instantly turned deathly pale.

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Jiang Fu thought that a favored son of heaven like Jiang Si could only like her on a whim.

She never expected that the brightest boy in the crowd had been plotting to win her over for a long time.

Reader's note:

1. The male lead has a secret crush.

2. The opening line isn't original; it's from Wang Xiaobo.

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