Afternoon Green Tangerine

Cool, innocent, sharp-tongued top student x sunny, split-personality giant fake-loli

Shao Xuezhong, the "unattainable flower," had rosy lips, pearly teeth, and exquisitely handsome features.

He was an outstanding student, as ethereal as an immortal, and the dreamboat of countless girls.

On the first day of school at Jiangning No. 1 High School,

the fearless Zhao Yueluo snatched his military camouflage uniform right off him.

And that wasn't all: while getting lunch, she took the opportunity to cop a feel of the top student's abs. Afterwards, she even declared that they were "nothing special" to the touch.

The rumor that Shao Xuezhong had an "average physique" spread far and wide.

And so their feud began.

Afterward, she stuck to the principle that if she couldn't afford to provoke him, she could at least stay away. She kept at least ten meters between herself and the top student.

But to her surprise, he kept showing up in front of her every few days, and through one twist of fate after another, he became her "dear" deskmate.

Shao Xuezhong smiled like a spring breeze: "Don't worry, Teacher. I'll definitely help my new deskmate, and we'll improve together."

She felt a chill run down her back. All she could do was gather durians, keyboards, and washboards, preparing to "beg forgiveness on bended knee"...

The top student didn't ask her to brave fire and blade. Instead, he appointed her as his "number one tool for fending off admirers."

To win him over, she went to great lengths, accompanying him, giving him paintings, and constantly clutching her chest and pretending to be frail.

She was mediocre at every skill under the sun, yet the whole school misunderstood and thought she was making a grand public confession.

When she got nervous, her words came out all wrong: "Your six-pack feels pretty good. Can I touch it again?"

The top student looked thoroughly pleased. The corner of his mouth lifted. "You can, but you'll have to pay your debt."

Zhao Yueluo was bewildered. "What debt?"

"The debt of affection you incurred when you were young and reckless... You'll have to repay it with yourself!"

[Bonus Scene]

On the first day after the college entrance exams, Shao Xuezhong locked the art room door behind him and pinned Zhao Yueluo against it.

"What do you want?" Her heart pounded like a drum.

"Zhao Yueluo, if you keep pretending not to understand, I can't guarantee I won't do something uncontrollable, even though you're not my girlfriend." He threatened her.

"Like what?" She was utterly unafraid.

"Like..." He leaned down gently, his hot breath washing over her.

After the kiss, the top student's gaze was so full of tenderness it seemed to brim with water. "So, will you be my girlfriend?"

Note: I wrote this on a whim back in college. I came across it again and couldn't resist rereading it. I still find the writing and plot young and unpolished, but it has a lingering charm.

A sweet 1v1 romance, with both leads romantically inexperienced. No dramatic twists or melodramatic angst, just cozy everyday moments and a match made in heaven.

Theme: Embrace love, embrace the future.