Such a Wonderful Flutter

- [On hiatus for half a year, rushed ending. Read with caution]

- The stirrings of the heart are so wondrous that a young man can love only one person for years on end -

The year Wu Li transferred schools again, she entered an intense period of study.

At the same time, she made an online friend she had never met in person: her former deskmate.

Though they lived far apart and were in different time zones, the boy always answered her questions promptly and patiently. He would write up several different approaches to each problem so she could find the one that suited her best.

Every holiday, she was sure to receive a greeting from him, even on Double Ninth Festival...

As the college entrance exams drew near, she casually mentioned how nervous she was and received a good-luck charm sent all the way from overseas.

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While studying abroad and unable to see the girl he secretly loved, Lu Jingxun developed some deeply ingrained habits that were hard to give up:

1) He regularly mailed Wu Li handwritten study materials, believing that seeing someone's handwriting was like seeing them in person, and awkwardly keeping himself on her mind.

2) He never liked posting on social media, but whenever he visited a tourist attraction, he would post a photo that only she could see.

And he would quietly return to China, sit in the auditorium, and record a video of the girl he liked giving a speech on his camcorder.

He didn't want to miss a single moment of her shining.

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Later, because of a misunderstanding, Lu Jingxun closed his heart to love for quite some time.

Not wanting to lead anyone on, he turned down every girl with the same line:

"Sorry, the abbot at the temple said I have to renounce love and desire in this life if I want to live to a hundred."

Young Master Lu said it with such conviction that, absurd as it sounded, few people dared to question him.

But no one expected him to go back on his own words.

When he later spent a long time pursuing the girl he loved, Lu Jingxun's explanation naturally changed to:

"I asked that abbot again. He said he had sand in his eyes that day and read it wrong."

"He read my face again and said I have to find a girlfriend named Wu Li. Otherwise, I can forget about living to a ripe old age."

Everyone: "..."

Could you make your double standards any more obvious? :)

#No Hiding My Double Standards#

#Proof That Pursuing the One You Love Takes Shameless, Straightforward Persistence#

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Synopsis of "Fairy-Tale Adolescence":

Q: What should a younger brother do when he falls for his older brother's girlfriend…

A: Of course, take the roundabout route and help his brother make the relationship work (?

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Before she met Zhu Shiyu, Yingya never imagined that her love at first sight would be the younger brother of her own brother's girlfriend.

After that, she worried herself sick over her brother's relationship.

She even became a little monk, nagging him every day:

"Brother, you can't hurt her!"

"Brother, you have to treat her better!"

"If you don't treat her right, I'll tell the whole world you're a heartless womanizer!!!"

Her brother grew suspicious. "Are you secretly in love with my girlfriend?"

"..."

Of course not.

Yingya knew that this connection gave her more perfectly valid excuses to get close to Zhu Shiyu.

She cautiously turned her gaze toward the quiet boy sitting in the corner.

He only gave a faint smile, but Yingya couldn't look away for a long time.

She carefully hid it from everyone and secretly loved Zhu Shiyu for two years.

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The day her brother and his girlfriend broke up, Yingya cried harder than the rain poured down the day Yiping went to ask her father for money.

Just when Yingya thought her clumsy crush was doomed to end without ever being returned, her ancestors' graves started smoking. The student who had always been a slacker made a spectacular comeback, turning into a dark horse and getting into the university her crush attended.

After starting university, Yingya was surprised to find that Zhu Shiyu kept showing up at just the right moment.

He came to her rescue and took tender care of her when she was ill, like her late mother had come back to life and taken over his body.

So Yingya thoughtfully came up with an explanation for him:

"I know. You just look after me as if I were your little sister."

"No."

Zhu Shiyu denied it without hesitation. He lowered his eyes and looked at her intently, his voice clear and bright. "It's because I like you, Yingya. Can't you tell?"

The revelation left her almost too stunned to think.

After a long moment, Yingya finally managed to stammer out a few words: "...I can't tell."

"Then I'll make it more obvious."

"A thousand times more obvious than when you secretly liked me."

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1) A girl's clumsy yet grand secret crush.

1) It wasn't a desperate, one-sided love. They were both moving toward each other.

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One-line synopsis of "A Lazy Sunday Kiss":

[After finding out my boyfriend cheated on me, I decided to seduce his twin brother.]

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Everyone in Beicheng's upper-class circles knew that the Jin family had a pair of twins.

They looked almost exactly alike, but their temperaments were worlds apart: one was cool and reserved, the other was a shameless playboy.

Chu Ying happened to know them both. The reserved one was her boyfriend, and the playboy was her nemesis.

After learning that her boyfriend, at least in name, had cheated on her, Chu Ying hadn't even had a chance to break up with him before she stumbled upon an outrageous little secret:

To go abroad and care for his seriously ill, beloved first love, who was disliked by his parents, the eldest Jin brother had pulled a "swapping the civet cat for the crown prince" trick with his younger brother.

With their nearly identical faces, he was trying to fool everyone.

It was as if he thought his real girlfriend was a brainless fool he could push around.

So he wanted to play a game of "role reversal"? Fine. She'd play along to the end.

The age-old story of brothers turning against each other was nothing new.

With two willing guinea pigs at her disposal, why would she turn them away?

Chu Ying didn't think her nemesis, Jin Xihuai, had any feelings for her, and she never intended to let their act become real.

But later, she realized just how completely wrong she had been.

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Scene One:

The two-month agreement she had made with his older brother was almost up.

Jin Xihuai laid a deep-blue tie over Chu Ying's eyes. The smooth, soft fabric covered the eyes he had longed for and dreamed about day after day.

Chu Ying hooked her finger and pulled him down. They were like two stranded fish, short of breath, sharing air, clinging to each other until they could hardly bear it.

Sinking, forbidden, frenzied, topsy-turvy.

This kiss felt like something stolen.

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#However She Wants to Play, I'll Play Along#

Theme: A faithful, lifelong love.