Crossroads

[A possessive, impulsive male lead x a gentle, stubborn, flirtatious female lead]

Xia Tinghe had secretly loved her dream guy for years. She quietly remembered everything about him and got into the same university, yet always dared only to be his friend.

Then one day, with her roommate's support, the usually sweet and well-behaved Xia Tinghe gathered the courage to confess.

She was on edge until she heard him say, "I'm sorry," and finally couldn't hold back her tears.

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When she got back, her roommate kept comforting her. In the end, they agreed she couldn't pin all her hopes on one person, so her roommate started showing her photos and recommending other handsome guys at the university.

Immersed in her heartbreak, Xia Tinghe wasn't particularly interested. She agreed offhandedly, hoping to brush the whole thing aside.

Until they reached the last photo.

Xia Tinghe locked eyes with the carefree-looking boy in the picture and froze for a moment.

Her roommate told her that He Qi was a big name at nearby A University.

He had movie-star looks and an easygoing personality, but supposedly that was all an act: he was cold and ruthless to everyone, and arrogant too.

Her roommate kindly warned her, "Someone like him is just as hard to win over as the guy you have a crush on, so don't get involved."

But after years of unrequited love, Xia Tinghe's heart was already dead.

Later, she ran into He Qi again by chance. Acting on impulse, Xia Tinghe decided to flirt with him and reel him in.

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She'd thought pursuing someone she didn't like would help her feel better, but Xia Tinghe soon realized she wasn't as happy as she'd imagined.

Just as her roommate had said, someone like He Qi was incredibly hard to pursue.

He was always lukewarm toward her.

Xia Tinghe tried every trick she could think of to get him to play basketball with her.

He replied lazily, "Not going. I can't play."

At the amusement park, Xia Tinghe asked if he wanted to go into the haunted house.

He turned her down again.

When she asked why, He Qi answered frankly, "Why else? I'm afraid of the dark. You shouldn't go either. Stay here with me."

Xia Tinghe invited him to go swimming with her.

He rented out the whole pool and left her to play by herself.

Just as Xia Tinghe was about to give up, her dream guy returned from overseas and asked to meet her to explain why he'd turned her down back then.

It turned out to have been a misunderstanding.

Her secret crush had finally come true.

Xia Tinghe's first instinct was to say yes, but somehow the words wouldn't come out.

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The next day, Xia Tinghe went to the basketball court to tell her dream guy how she felt.

He was playing in an intercollegiate match, so Xia Tinghe could only sit in the stands and watch.

Half an hour later, she realized their team seemed to be getting completely crushed. Their opponents weren't showing them the slightest mercy.

Without her glasses, Xia Tinghe couldn't see clearly. She pointed to the other team's star player and asked her roommate who he was.

Her roommate replied, "He Qi."

Xia Tinghe was startled. "Huh? Didn't he say he couldn't play?"

Then she thought about it.

Wasn't the captain of her university's basketball team her dream guy?

After the game, Xia Tinghe went to give her dream guy some water.

She had barely taken a step when someone blocked her way.

He Qi casually took the bottle from her hand, the one she'd already drunk half of, and gulped it down. Then he leaned close to her ear and said:

"Thanks, baby."

P.S.:

1. The male lead gets the girl. Both leads are each other's first love and have only ever been with each other. Here, "first love" means their first relationship.

2. Neither lead is interested in the other at first. They fall for each other as they get to know each other.

3. The male lead has always known the female lead is trying to reel him in.

4. Because of their families of origin, both leads have their flaws. They're not perfect, but they'll grow and change.

Coming soon: My One and Only Support

Blurb:

[Cheerful ray of sunshine x handsome and knows it, total show-off]

In high school, Zhou Jinyuan was the golden boy. From his top-ranked grades to his wealthy family background, everything about him made people envious.

Jian Nian sat beside him for all three years, and they always got along as friends.

But she never expected Zhou Jinyuan to confess his feelings after graduation.

They had a passionate relationship, and Jian Nian even started a vlog account on social media to record their life as a couple.

She thought they could keep going forever, until one day, in a fit of pique, she asked Zhou Jinyuan to break up. He agreed at once.

Their class chat was full of sighs: "So the young master was only interested on a whim."

Jian Nian swore then that she would never go back to an ex.

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Three years after their breakup, they met again.

Afraid Zhou Jinyuan might think she'd spent all these years pining for him without dating anyone else, Jian Nian grabbed her childhood friend and introduced him as her boyfriend:

"Long time no see, Zhou. This is my boyfriend."

Zhou Jinyuan greeted them with a smile, then moved in next door a few days later.

In the first month, Jian Nian noticed Zhou Jinyuan taking beautiful pictures of her, and couldn't help asking him to be her photographer a few times.

In the second month, Jian Nian got caught in a downpour after work and couldn't find a taxi. Zhou Jinyuan showed up in a supercar to pick her up.

In the third month, Jian Nian accidentally walked into his bedroom and caught a glimpse of his lean, well-defined muscles. Her face instantly turned red.

Her resolve wavered in an instant. Jian Nian thought, Maybe it wouldn't hurt to get back with an ex?

After all, he's an ex. I don't have to take responsibility.

Later, after they'd both been drinking, she kissed Zhou Jinyuan in a daze. She still had a shred of reason left and wanted to keep going, but he pushed her away.

Zhou Jinyuan leaned close to her ear and said, dead serious, "Jian, this isn't right, is it? You still have a boyfriend."

Jian Nian sobered up instantly.

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Not long after, Jian Nian went viral after helping her childhood friend film behind-the-scenes vlogs at his studio.

People recognized her as the blogger who'd once run a couples' account, so they flooded the studio's comments with questions: "Did Nian Nian get a new boyfriend? The guy in the videos now doesn't seem to be the same one as before."

It was just one comment from a stranger, but Jian Nian paid for it that very night.

A certain jealous man bit her earlobe, pinning her in place as he asked:

"I can put up with having no title or claim on you, but you have to give me something else to make up for it, don't you?"

Blushing, Jian Nian kissed Zhou Jinyuan.

But Zhou Jinyuan wasn't satisfied. He raised an eyebrow and brought up the past:

"That's enough? Your fake boyfriend made me so mad I had heartburn. I couldn't sleep properly for days."

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Only later did Jian Nian learn that the year they broke up, Zhou Jinyuan's family had suffered a sudden upheaval. Overnight, the young master who had been surrounded by admirers was left penniless.

During the years apart, Jian Nian was the only thing that kept him going.

He fought with all his might to make it back to her.

On the day they met again, Zhou Jinyuan took countless deep breaths behind the door before pushing it open and pretending he'd just happened to run into her.

P.S.:

1. Both leads have only ever been with each other, and each is the other's first love.

2. The female lead initiated the breakup.

3. The male lead is already wealthy when they reunite.

Theme: The passionate love of youth