Batefulai

At the reunion of the Class of 2018 from No. 1 High School, nobody remembers the name Ji Fulai. But mention the eldest Miss Lou, and people will recall that Ji Fulai was the little sidekick who followed her around all the time.

Ji Fulai seems to have accepted this role. For all three years of high school, she dutifully played the minor character in a movie starring Lou Cangyue, watching along with everyone else from the dim corners as the star shone brilliantly onstage.

Until one day in the future, when she discovers an entire wall of butterfly specimens in Bai Fei's home, each one exquisite and lifelike.

Only the space at the very center is empty. Ji Fulai turns around and asks, "What was in this spot?"

"A blue morpho." It was the butterfly he had given her years ago.

Only then does Ji Fulai realize that she was once the leading lady in someone's life story. The character for "fortune" in the given name her elders casually chose for her could also become part of the word "butterfly", making her a precious little butterfly to be treasured.

And in her own life, she is the one and only leading lady.

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The adult world is sometimes battered by storms. Whenever Ji Fulai returns to her peaceful harbor, someone is always waiting for her. Once, she couldn't help asking, "How did you know I would come back?"

Bai Fei: "I didn't know. That's why I waited."

Whether she came back or not.

A quick recommendation for my upcoming novel: What Should I Do About My Boyfriend's Love-Brain?

Blurb:

When people in their circle first heard that Jin Ling and Luo Yu were dating, they all laughed and said, "Young Master Luo is just playing around with her."

The two people at the center of the rumors naturally heard them too. People were curious about Jin Ling's reaction, but an insider reported that the heroine only said, "Oh."

Everyone thought she was pretending to be calm. Only Luo Yu knew she truly didn't care, because from beginning to end, he was never the one playing around with her.

Jin Ling was the one playing Luo Yu.

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Recently swamped with work, Jin Ling broke up with Luo Yu, saying she no longer had time to play at romance with him.

Then she promptly blocked all of Luo Yu's personal contact information.

But every day, she still received harassing messages on the company messaging app from the person five levels above her:

It's the first day since you left me. I miss you so much.

Today is the second day. I miss you so much I can't eat. I've lost half a kilo.

Day twenty. I think I've lost more weight.

Jin Ling's response was to send a feature request to her colleagues in the tech department, asking them to add an option to block messages from one's boss as soon as possible.

But after all that back and forth, Luo Yu really did end up in the hospital.

Unable to bear the guilt, Jin Ling visits him, only for Luo Yu to take her hand and plead desperately, "Keep playing with me a little longer. I really can't manage without you."

Jin Ling: ...

What should you do when your ex-boyfriend has a love-brain?

Reader's guide:

1. Daily updates, slow burn, slice of life.

2. Both leads' first time, happy ending.

Blurb excerpt dated 2023.5.20

Theme: Be the leading character in your own life