- A passerby happens upon a hunt. You and I are both spectators.
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Jian Xiabian kept a pretty boy.
He was handsome, had a great figure, and was exactly her type. Every day he worked hard to wash her clothes and cook for her, managed the household frugally, and found all sorts of group-buying coupons. At night, he even waited by the roadside, gazing eagerly for her to come home from work.
Best of all, he didn't want money. Food and a place to stay were enough.
After all, she couldn't give him much more. Her monthly salary was only five thousand yuan.
Until one day, Jian Xiabian saw him at a business expo, dressed in a suit with a cool, distant look in his eyes. The watch on his wrist was something she couldn't afford even if she worked for three lifetimes.
The day it came out, her friend went off on him with righteous fury: "Damn capitalists, is it fun to lie to people? You're already so rich, so why pretend to be poor and deceive her? You even have to take advantage of her five-thousand-yuan salary? Tell me, how much did you spend on him? Get it back from him."
Jian Xiabian looked away. "I'm not sure. I spend more on in-game purchases than I do on him."
Her friend: "?"
Jian Xiabian: "The T-shirts he usually wears were two for 39.9 yuan on Taobao."
Her friend was shocked. "You wouldn't even buy him three for 100 yuan?"
Jian Xiabian: "?"
Nie Zao really liked a girl, but she never noticed him.
So he turned himself into exactly her type, engineered chance encounters, and got her to take him home.
He pretended to be obedient and poor, all just to stay by her side.
Until the day he was found out. His eyes were full of panic, but she only asked in confusion, "We're both adults. It was consensual, wasn't it?"
He lowered his head and placed his face in her palm. "But I want you to like me a little."
She pulled her hand away and smiled softly. "You're asking for too much."
[Escape Guide]
* The male lead is hopelessly lovestruck and deeply insecure about their relationship, sensitive and anxious, suppressing his true nature as every cell in his body tries to please the female lead. A lover's official status with a mistress's tactics. The male lead's yearning is bittersweet, so read with caution.
* A sweet, everyday slice-of-life story.
* Not an equal-relationship story. The male lead is far more into the female lead.
Theme: Falling in love with you is a fairy tale to me.
