My Brother Has Liked You for a Long Time

When she was eleven, Chen Qingli moved with her family to Shangzhou because of her parents' work transfers.

The neighbors across the hall were her father's colleagues. They had a son who was six years older than her.

At the time, Chen Qingli hid behind her mother, peeking at him with big, timid eyes.

Her father told her he was Uncle Zhou's son, Zhou Rangqu.

Later, the two families ate together. Qingli sat beside the older boy. Too shy to eat much, she nevertheless missed the glutinous rice cakes her grandmother made and couldn't help glancing at them again and again, until someone used the serving chopsticks to place one on her plate.

From then on, Zhou Rangqu had a little shadow.

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When Zhou Rangqu first met Chen Qingli, he thought she was adorable, like a little doll with round, bright eyes peeking at him. He didn't mind listening to the adults and looking after her.

And later, Zhou Rangqu really did stand up for Chen Qingli many times.

When she had just transferred to a school in Shangzhou, a boy in her class tugged her braid loose. Zhou Rangqu fixed it for her, then warned the boy as if he were her guardian.

Knowing she had someone to back her up, Chen Qingli lived up to expectations and grew into a little menace, in a way no one could have predicted.

When Zhou Rangqu got into Beiyi University at eighteen, Chen Qingli took a megaphone to the property management office and broadcast the news on repeat. When Zhou Rangqu entered the film industry in his sophomore year and started his own company, Chen Qingli filled her room with his posters.

They thought things would go smoothly forever, but just as Zhou Rangqu was at his busiest, his little shadow started dating someone in secret.

At the age when Chen Qingli was first discovering love, she stumbled and fell. Her romance ended before it had even begun. Fortunately, her career took off.

She never imagined that one day in the future, on Zhou Rangqu's back, she would hear his uncontrollable confession: "Qingli, I've actually liked you for a long time..."

1. Childhood friends, older brother secretly in love. There will be no romance before Qingli is an adult.

2. A somewhat coming-of-age story. Rangqu is incredibly gentle and doting.

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Effective Surrender

Her parents divorced long ago, and Lin Qingqi's custody went to her father. After her father remarried, Lin Qingqi felt even more like a rootless weed.

She had always been sensitive and reserved, and now she seemed even more like a little hedgehog curled into a ball. Aside from her outstanding grades, Lin Qingqi didn't think there was anything about her worth noticing. Then came the summer between her second and third years of high school, when No. 1 High School held its usual month of summer classes.

The classroom seating was rearranged, and by chance she became Fu Nan's deskmate. Fu Nan was handsome and dazzling, adored by everyone at school. Lin Qingqi was no exception. She had liked him ever since he transferred to the school.

As they spent time together, the two gradually grew closer.

One day, Fu Nan stayed up late and slept through the key points in class. Lin Qingqi kindly organized his notes for him, carefully writing up every question he'd gotten wrong in neat, elegant handwriting. But his friends teased him about it, immediately seeing through her feelings.

Fortunately, they were in the stairwell. A group of friends had their arms around one another and were crowding down the stairs with Fu Nan when one of them brought up the notes Lin Qingqi had prepared for him. He heard their teasing.

Fu Nan didn't seem to be paying much attention. He replied casually, "I'm not interested."

And with that, her unrequited love came to an end.

She should have known. There had never been a shortage of beautiful girls around him, so naturally he wouldn't pay attention to someone as dull as her. Fortunately, her feelings weren't as deep as she'd imagined. Lin Qingqi moved on faster than she expected. She wondered if she'd only put him on a pedestal because she liked him.

When summer classes ended, Lin Qingqi's aunt took her on a trip. Seeing the world beyond school made her realize that her worries in the corner weren't worth dwelling on.

Except for her childhood friend, Chi Xiuyuan.

Lin Qingqi and Chi Xiuyuan had been close friends since childhood, until she was eleven. For years, she had followed him around, calling him Brother Xiuyuan. Then the Chi family's business grew and they moved away from Nanjia, cutting off their contact after all those years.

Lin Qingqi never expected to run into him while vacationing in Hawaii. What a rascal.

Even less did she expect Chi Xiuyuan to come back and move in across the hall from her.

The male lead is Chi Xiuyuan. Fu Nan will get his comeuppance.

The heroine is a slightly spacey rich beauty. After being ill, she was slow to perceive the outside world for a while. Everyone is drawn to her, but she doesn't realize it.

Theme: Believe that love exists, and believe in the sails raised by idealism.