[Second Male Lead Takes the Lead]
On graduation day, Jiang Yunan was rejected by Zhong Xiao for the third time.
Jiang Yunan forcefully shoved into her hands the confession letter he'd given her countless times before and a bouquet of white roses. He glared at her in exasperation.
"Zhong Xiao, is there something wrong with your head? You'd rather be Xu Jiyu's childhood sweetheart stand-in than be my legitimate girlfriend? You'll be crying over this one day."
His words came true.
A substitute was still just a substitute. In front of the real thing, she was nothing.
After Xu Jiyu's childhood sweetheart framed Zhong Xiao, Xu Jiyu punished her by making her kneel in the rain.
Watching her stubborn figure standing straight in the rain, Jiang Yunan pushed open the car door, raised an umbrella, and walked toward her. In the end, he couldn't resist getting close to her one more time.
"You idiot, open your eyes and see for yourself what a pathetic piece of trash Xu Jiyu is. He isn't worth you giving him your whole heart after all these years."
The sharper his words, the more his heart ached.
The girl he treasured above all else was kneeling in the rain, being treated like dirt.
Zhong Xiao waited for Xu Jiyu to come down and see her, but all she got was the second-floor lights going out.
Jiang Yunan carried her away. She curled up in his arms, her heart completely broken.
The young master of the Jiang family and the Xu family heir didn't get along. Just the other day, they'd gotten into a fight at a banquet, supposedly over a woman.
Men were all the same: they only regretted losing someone after it was too late.
How could Jiang Yunan give Xu Jiyu that chance? He'd already pulled out all the stops, playing the scheming green tea sweetheart and every other persona, until they'd made their relationship official.
On the rooftop, Xu Jiyu's face was bruised, and one half of his gold-rimmed glasses was shattered. He looked so heartbroken he could die. "You can't hide Xiao Xiao from me. She's mine. I have to see her today."
Jiang Yunan scoffed. "You want to see her, right?"
"Fine." He agreed with surprising ease, then lowered his head and sent a message on WeChat.
[Honey, come up to the rooftop. The scumbag's here. Give him a good one!]
[On my way~]
Before long, Zhong Xiao pushed open the rooftop door, her fake pregnancy belly sticking out. Under Xu Jiyu's stunned gaze, she smiled brightly and walked over to Jiang Yunan.
Her voice was sweet and coquettish. "Honey, I've picked out the baby's name. Have you packed the hospital bag?"
Jiang Yunan said he'd promised to love Zhong Xiao for the rest of his life and never marry anyone but her, and he'd kept his word. So Zhong Xiao had to take responsibility for what she'd said, too.
And so, every day, Jiang Yunan dragged Zhong Xiao off to make sure they lived up to those plans for naming the baby and packing the hospital bag.
◎ Reader's Guide
* The second male lead takes the lead, and the scumbag gets his comeuppance.
* The heroine truly loved the scumbag with all her heart. She only wakes up after she's been completely disillusioned.
* The hero is a loyal puppy type who has been openly in love with the heroine for years.
* Sweet romance, no angst.
Theme: If you like someone, do whatever it takes.
