I Dumped My Childhood Friend and Got Sued

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A considerate, attentive senior police inspector top x a tsundere, sharp-tongued, jealous barrister bottom

Wei Zhi had always been popular with girls, except for one person.

Her childhood friend, Ji Jun.

No matter how much she did for her, her childhood friend remained lukewarm.

Ji Jun was Wei Zhi's whole youth. Wei Zhi gave up her entire youth for her, yet never managed to get even one step closer.

That night, Ji Jun drank too much and came to her, reeking of alcohol.

"I like you."

At that moment, Wei Zhi desperately hoped it was true, but all she could smell was the overpowering alcohol. So, as always, she answered in her flippant tone: "I like you too, Ji Jun. Who are you playing Truth or Dare with, to make the stakes so high?"

It was just like the past ten years they had spent together.

But the next day, Ji Jun disappeared from her life without a trace.

What Wei Zhi didn't know was that she, too, had been Ji Jun's whole youth.

Beneath the heavy scent of alcohol was the first and only time Ji Jun had revealed her true feelings.

==A Serious, Plot-Focused Blurb==

In Hong Kong, there are two kinds of people who handle "family matters":

One is the police, such as Wei Zhi, a senior inspector with the Child Abuse Investigation Unit (CAIU).

The other is a barrister, such as Ji Jun, a barrister practicing in Central.

"My job is to make sure every child receives the protection they deserve, no matter what it takes!" -- Senior Inspector Wei Zhi

"Until the court finds him guilty, he is innocent. That's my job." -- Barrister Ji Jun

They attended the same girls' school and were classmates from primary school through secondary school. Wei Zhi was always the protective shield standing in front of Ji Jun. Whether Ji Jun was being mocked for "acting aloof" or facing ill-intentioned advances, Wei Zhi always stood up for her. But Wei Zhi wasn't a shield for Ji Jun alone. Everyone liked Wei Zhi. Whenever anyone mentioned Ji Jun, they called her "that straight-A bookworm who reads in the corner." After graduating from secondary school, Ji Jun received an offer to study law at Oxford University. It was another "achievement" that fulfilled her mother's expectations, and also the escape she had been planning for a long time. On the eve of her departure from Hong Kong, emboldened by alcohol, she gathered the courage to say to Wei Zhi for the first time, "I like you."

Wei Zhi was used to being Ji Jun's hero. In that moment, she chose the most familiar and most mistaken way to respond. She playfully patted Ji Jun on the head. "Ji Jun, who are you playing Truth or Dare with, to make the stakes so high? I like you too."

One joke shattered Ji Jun's last hope. She thought that even Wei Zhi considered her feelings a joke. The next day, she flew to England without looking back and cut off all contact.

Fifteen years later, Senior Inspector Wei Zhi glared at a suspect who had abused his own daughter in a police station interview room. As the standoff continued, the door opened. The suspect's defense lawyer walked in wearing a perfectly tailored business suit, her expression utterly composed. She introduced herself:

"I'm Ji Jun, the barrister representing the client."

* Set in Hong Kong, realistic fiction, with a setting where same-sex marriage is not legal

* Childhood friends of the same age, both women

* The blurb was screenshotted on 2025/07/31

Theme: Develop a healthy outlook on love.