In the Name of Friendship

■ Youth ensemble | Sweet romance | Childhood friend and newcomer

■ Weibo: @Hulu (not Menglu! =w=)

Jian Ran has a childhood friend who's the talk of the whole school. At just sixteen, he already holds the position of lead player in the top division of the national Go league, with multiple domestic and international championship titles to his name. He's famous at home and abroad, and whenever he appears, he becomes the center of attention on campus.

His uniform is spotless white, and he's composed and polite. Paired with those sharp, cool eyes, he shows up on the school confession wall all the time. Yet no one has ever seen another girl by his side besides Jian Ran.

Xu Chenyan is cool and reserved, never letting his emotions show. He thinks he can keep his feelings for Jian Ran under control, until one day the new friend she brings into their little circle casually throws an arm around his shoulders and tells him a secret:

"I like Jian Ran. You've known her since you were little, so you must know her well. Teach me how to win her over?"

Xu Chenyan glances sideways at Jiang Yuncheng's wrist resting on his shoulder. He's wearing the sports watch Jian Ran gave him.

His Adam's apple bobs. His expression remains as calm as ever. "If I knew how to pursue her, I would've won her over ten years ago."

[Warning! Be sure to read this!]

1. The heroine is not a sweet, soft girl. She's not delicate or meek, and she won't become that way.

2. There is male rivalry.

3. Slow burn, ensemble cast. Jian Ran and her friends all have their own growth arcs.

-This story is connected to the completed novels Bring Me Good Fortune, Secret Crush, No Anonymity and The Strange Her.

■ Next up: Black Taro, fake siblings with real feelings.

[Fake siblings | Two top students | Springtime forbidden love]

Jiang Zhi pushes her workbook over. "Bro, help me figure out which answer this question is."

Wen Yanxi looks down at the ink stains bleeding across her workbook. For a moment, he seems to see that spring-rain night again, when the wind lifted the white gauze curtains and wrapped them around their intertwined shadows.

He closes his eyes for three seconds, then opens them, his expression as cool as ever. "I can't just give you the answer. It wouldn't be good for you."

"And how many things that aren't good for me have you done?" Jiang Zhi stretches, revealing faint marks on her pale waist. Realizing he's looking, she deliberately asks, "If I were your biological sister, would you still do that?"

Theme: Respect personal choices