Lili

Zhou Luqi and Li Li are complete opposites.

Zhou Luqi is cold and reckless, with women coming and going from his life like passing strangers.

As an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, Li Li is gentle, reserved, and dedicated to her work.

No one would ever connect the two of them.

Until one day, Li Li stands in front of Zhou Luqi and asks him, "Can I be your girlfriend?"

Looking at the utterly ordinary Li Li before him, Zhou Luqi sneers. "What makes you think you're good enough to be my girlfriend?"

Later, on the day they break up, Zhou Luqi grips the back of Li Li's neck with one hand, forcing her to look up at him. Clinging to the last shred of his pride, he asks, "Do you love me, or do you love him?"

Li Li's voice catches, yet she remains strangely calm. "I'm sorry. I lost my head."

"Don't ever let me see you again!" Zhou Luqi says through gritted teeth.

Later still, he sees her standing beside a man who looks a little like him.

He runs after her and grabs her, saying in a low voice, "If you want a stand-in, you can come to me. I'm more like him than that guy is."

In the end, he is the one who loses in this relationship.

Content warning: The male lead has had many past relationships, but neither lead has had sex with anyone else.

Theme: Study hard