Secret Crush

[Original title: The Possessive Younger Girl Wants Me to Confess]

[This is a free story after its paywall was removed. It's actually pretty good, so please give it a chance, dear readers QAQ]

The first time Miao Nian met Guan Shixi, their encounter was anything but friendly.

When an adult scolded her, Miao Nian, who had snatched Guan Shixi's doll, just grinned without a hint of remorse. "Sorry, Guan Ling. Your big sister didn't mean to."

Then, when Miao Nian was in high school, a sudden upheaval struck her family.

When she looked back and saw the panic in Guan Shixi's eyes, she climbed down from the windowsill, clenched her teeth, and dragged Guan Shixi to the police station. "From now on, your name isn't Guan Ling. It's Guan Shixi."

Guan Shixi, who belonged only to Miao Nian.

*

Guan Shixi had a secret.

Every morning at five thirty, she would leave her dorm and run for two hours, arriving just in time to watch Miao Nian come out of her residential complex, yawning as she went to buy breakfast.

She kept this up for three years, come rain or shine.

Until she saw Miao Nian going in and out with a strange woman, the two of them looking unmistakably intimate.

Overcome with jealousy, Guan Shixi waited outside Miao Nian's door until she finally caught her going out alone.

"Miao Nian, you once said you didn't like women. So what is she to you?"

*

Miao Nian's friend couldn't help saying, "Hey, aren't you being a little too harsh on Guan Shixi..."

Miao Nian didn't answer at first. She blew a pretty smoke ring and scoffed. "You have to treat a little wolf like that if you want her to give up."

Fool's gold can't pass for real gold, and trash can't be treasured.

Why would a brilliant student fall for someone as vain, stupid, and empty-headed as her?

Miao Nian couldn't understand it, so she stopped trying.

Tipsy, she carried her high heels in her hand and staggered along, only to twist her ankle at the end of the road and fall into familiar arms.

Someone sighed above her, their voice complicated. "...If you don't like me, then don't drink yourself into a stupor."

Miao Nian.

*

Little bonus scene:

After Guan Shixi took her college entrance exams, she invited Miao Nian to the seaside and confidently confessed her feelings.

Miao Nian was shocked, flustered, and disbelieving. She slapped Guan Shixi and told her to get lost.

Later, it was Miao Nian who nestled in Guan Shixi's arms, hearing her muffled laugh and feeling it rumble through her chest.

"Miao Nian, in the end, you still told me you loved me."

Reader's guide:

1. Younger woman and older woman, a quiet little wolf versus a charming, alluring beauty. The younger woman is the pursuer. Six-year age gap. First love, both each other's first.

2. No dating before adulthood, but there is a secret crush. The timeline begins with the second section of the blurb, with flashbacks.

3. Feel free to come and go, and to leave praise or criticism as you wish. I hope this story brightens your day.

Theme: People must stand on their own two feet and be strong to have a tomorrow.