About a Puppy

#Next up: I Want to Break Up with the School Hunk Every Day#

Happy puppy × free-spirited girl

All-sugar healing romance / slow burn / a touch of ensemble cast / lively youth ahead

Everyone says Ji Xiu is the math genius at the affiliated high school, a cold and handsome reigning school hunk.

Only Shen Yuqiao knows that in private, he's just a chatterbox who can talk endlessly about nothing.

Just how much does he chatter?

You don't even have to talk to him face-to-face. Even when he sends text messages on social media, he can make you feel as if you're listening to a voice message.

Shen Yuqiao thought she'd gotten used to it long ago.

Until the night their college entrance exams ended, when his record for nonstop talking reached an unprecedented new high.

She stared at the more than ten 60-second voice messages from Ji Xiu on her phone, feeling a headache coming on.

Curious despite herself, she tapped the speech-to-text button, but before even one message had finished transcribing, another new message popped up:

[I'm downstairs at your place]

She hurried downstairs as he asked, and sure enough, there was the chatterbox himself.

But the boy stood there without saying a word, quieter than she'd ever seen him.

The summer breeze seemed to slip into slow motion, gently brushing his reddening ears. He ran a hand through his hair in frustration, then rubbed the tip of his nose.

At last, Shen Yuqiao heard him say the shortest sentence of the night:

"...I like you."

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This isn't humblebragging, but after getting together with Ji Xiu, Shen Yuqiao still occasionally finds herself a little exasperated with him.

Especially when the intense competition from her university classmates overwhelms her and leaves her on the verge of an emotional breakdown.

She thinks of her roommate's boyfriend, who supplies cheesy pickup lines all day long. Then she thinks of her own boyfriend, who can't say sweet things and whose most frequent expression of concern is always, "Drink more hot water."

Shen Yuqiao cries even harder.

"Don't cry."

A familiar figure suddenly appears before her.

Before she can react, Ji Xiu pulls her tightly into his arms. "If you keep crying, I'm going to bully you."

"Huh?"

Something's off about him.

Shen Yuqiao sniffs in surprise, while a familiar cartoon theme song starts playing in her head:

Happy puppy evolves into a seductive wolf!

#Question: How did my happy puppy suddenly evolve on his own?#

Theme: Face life with a positive attitude