[A lighthearted, purely sweet romance, around 200,000 words~]
After her college entrance exam went disastrously, Zhong Si'er spent her days moping. She had been lying around at home like a corpse for two days when her mother cruelly informed her that Chen Jiayi, the neighbor across the hall, had gotten into a prestigious university.
Zhong Si'er asked, "How prestigious?"
Her mother said, "The one you've always wanted to attend, A University."
Zhong Si'er's heart died.
Anyone could get into A University, but it couldn't be Chen Jiayi.
Chen Jiayi was sort of her childhood friend, or more accurately, her lifelong rival.
They had competed from elementary school through high school, always neck and neck. She never expected him to crush her so thoroughly on the college entrance exam.
Unable to swallow her pride, Zhong Si'er decided that very night to retake the exam.
While packing in the middle of the night, she cursed Chen Jiayi three times. As she started on the fourth, a letter suddenly fell out of a book she couldn't remember owning.
She opened the envelope with a hint of disdain, wondering who still wrote letters these days. But by the third line, she froze.
Because she realized...
It was a love letter from Chen Jiayi...
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Chen Jiayi had been secretly in love with his neighbor across the hall for years, all without success. He had tried both obvious and subtle hints, and even the first love letter he'd ever written, after the college entrance exam, had vanished without a trace.
He was fed up, and spent his days moping, too.
One day, he finally couldn't take it anymore and called a friend to complain that Zhong Si'er might actually be a wooden doll come to life. The very next second, she showed up at his door, holding his love letter.
Chen Jiayi looked at the girl glaring at him with puffed-up cheeks, and broke into a smile.
Well, here's his chance to turn a rival into a lover.
After the college entrance exam the following year, their friends gathered outside the exam site. Some held banners, others carried flowers, all waiting to celebrate Zhong Si'er escaping her misery.
But they waited and waited, and she still didn't show.
Friend A grew so impatient they were about to burst with anger. "Why isn't that brat Siri coming out yet?"
Friend B hesitated. "Well... I just went to the bathroom... and I think I saw... Siri kissing her mortal enemy at the back gate of the school..."
Sunny, lively girl × conceited, prickly guy
Straight-A student × fake playboy
Rivals to lovers.
· The story begins when both leads are adults. There is no intimacy between them before adulthood.
· The heroine does not date the hero while retaking her exams.
· He falls for her first; each has only had one love.
· Slow burn, silly comedy, and a bit of an ensemble cast.
Synopsis written on May 1, 2025, and screenshotted.
Theme: To be decided
