After I Twinned With a High School Classmate on the Subway

[The print edition is now available. For details, follow Weibo @Jinjiang Suisuiwuyang] 1. After being tricked into a blind date, Shu Yao ran into her high school classmate Shen Ye on the subway. They hadn't seen each other in seven years. Back then, her best friend and his buddy had been all lovey-dovey, leaving the two of them stuck awkwardly facing each other in silence as the matchmakers. Now, something even more awkward had happened They were wearing matching outfits. Luckily, Shen Ye didn't seem to remember her. Shu Yao was inwardly delighted and ready to grab her bag and run when someone suddenly walked past them. The passerby hesitated and stopped, then looked them over and widened their eyes in delight. “You two are still together?! Matching outfits are so romantic! I believe in love again!” Shu Yao: “...?” 2. Faced with one blind date after another, Shu Yao chose to propose rather than ask for help or beg to be spared. “I have no expectations of marriage. Since this photo of us in matching clothes already looks like a couple's photo, and you need this too, why don't we work together?” Shen Ye leaned casually against the table and asked, “What do you like about me?” Shu Yao calmly made something up. “Your occasionally unpredictable mental state. It's pretty charming.” “...” Shen Ye agreed. His reason was that he admired people who were good at insulting others. 3. After they married, they treated each other with courtesy and respect. So Shu Yao always thought he had only started liking her after they got married. Until one day, long afterward, at a get-together, they played Truth or Dare. Shen Ye's friend was asked what the most baffling thing that had ever happened to him was. Without hesitation, he pointed at Shen Ye. “About a year ago, in the middle of the night, he sent me ten voice messages in a row, bragging that he was getting married.” The other friends were astonished and pulled out their phones to demand, “How many people did you send those to?” “Not that many.” Shen Ye lounged back, then added regretfully, “Too bad my dog doesn't have a phone.” Shu Yao: “...” How would a dog use a phone? Shu Yao looked at the annoyingly smug man beside her. Oh. Maybe it could. tips: 1. Gentle but emotionally distant woman x loyal, cocky puppy-like man; marriage first, love later x secret crush comes true 2. Both leads are each other's first and only love. A light, sweet story, though the heroine comes from an unhappy family, so proceed with caution if that bothers you. 3. The seven years apart are only from the heroine's perspective! 4. I revise obsessively. Please support the official edition; pirated copies may differ. Coming soon 1: After My Notes Synced to His Phone As an amateur novelist, Li Sui was used to jotting down fleeting inspiration in her phone's notes app. Because she was terrible at coming up with names, she used the names of people around her as placeholders whenever she couldn't think of one. Including the human fox who was always picking fights with her at home. On a stormy night filled with thunder and lightning, Li Sui wrote down a line of dialogue for her protagonist to use in an argument: “Zhou Jinghuai, you've done plenty of evil. You'd better watch yourself going out in weather like this.” The next morning, a few extra words had appeared beneath her sentence: Thanks for asking. Still alive. Li Sui: ?!! * To Zhou Jinghuai, Li Sui had always been the little girl who used to argue with him. He'd thought that after three years apart, she'd probably all but forgotten him, until he accidentally opened the notes app on his old phone. The moment their notes synced, he realized just how much this little girl was “thinking” about him She was worried he'd get struck by lightning, so she made a point of telling him to be careful when he went out. She was worried the summer heat would get to him, so she made special arrangements for him to cool off in a rainstorm. She was worried he'd get fat in middle age, so she wished him ten years in the future without food or drink. * Zhou Jinghuai had been frail and sickly since childhood, but his work made it hard to take care of himself. Then, at some point, his notes app started taking on a new tone: [The tobacco tax I pay today will become tomorrow's medical bill.] Zhou Jinghuai glanced at the cigarette in his hand and stubbed it out. [One drink today means two lines of tears from your family tomorrow.] Zhou Jinghuai looked at the drink someone offered him and turned it down. [My roommate asked what kind of circles I hang out with. I said dark circles.] Zhou Jinghuai shut his file and headed back to the bedroom. The next day, Li Sui glared at the sleeping man beside her, dark circles under her eyes, and regretted everything. If she'd known what a bastard he was, she should've let him keep his dark circles. Coming soon 2: Don't Pretend (childhood friends; sweet on the outside, resilient within x a cocky puppy-like man who says he doesn't care but always shows up) They were both well-known figures at Fuchuan No. 3 High School. Xu Nanxiao was rebellious and unruly, doing whatever he pleased. No one could control him, and no one dared try. His childhood friend Chu Ning, on the other hand, was cheerful and outgoing, beloved by everyone. So while no one dared approach him, she was swarmed by admirers. Only Xu Nanxiao couldn't understand what was so appealing about such a noisy scatterbrain. One morning, he saw her refuse a boy's breakfast from far away and scoffed in disdain. “A pack of simps.” He swung his backpack onto his right shoulder and quickened his pace. His deskmate shouted after him, “Why are you walking so fast?” Without looking back, Xu Nanxiao replied impatiently, “She forgot her school card again. I'm taking it to her.” His deskmate: ... Who's the dog now? * Chu Ning happened to read that petting a puppy could improve your cognitive abilities. Since she didn't have a puppy, she turned to the “Xiao-dog” beside her and asked hopefully, “Can I pat your head?” Xu Nanxiao looked disgusted. “Only if I'm dead.” … The next day: Chu Ning asked hopefully again, “Can I pat your head?” Xu Nanxiao again looked disgusted. “No.” … On the third day, Chu Ning gave up. She had her eye on the golden retriever next door. That evening, Xu Nanxiao shared an especially inspirational post on his social media: [Where there's a will, there's a way. People without patience will never succeed at anything!] Theme: Refuse to surrender to reality and dare to pursue what you love.