The Fussy Little Childhood Sweetheart of the Male Lead in a Period Novel [The 1980s]

Chen Jingjing was beautiful and sweet, and in a courtyard full of rambunctious boys, she had always been one of a kind.

The adults were always telling the children in the compound to indulge her a little. Her grandfather, the pillar of the family, always doted on her. By the time she started school, the boys who had given Chen Jingjing love letters could have formed a line from Wangfujing to the Forbidden City.

Over time, Chen Jingjing grew spoiled and demanding.

She was always the one finding fault with people, nitpicking and making their lives miserable. Nobody ever found fault with her.

So when she learned that her childhood friend Xu Zecheng was the male lead of a story set in that era, and that she would eventually fall deeply in love with him, desperately scheme against the heroine, and cling to him until he despised her, Chen Jingjing gave a cold laugh. Instead of keeping her distance, she grabbed Xu Zecheng, who was racking his brains to tutor her, and confessed to him right there.

Xu Zecheng...

Of course he said yes.

After that, Chen Jingjing started making life as difficult as possible for her boyfriend, Xu Zecheng.

And so the other kids in the compound often witnessed some very unusual scenes.

The night before homework was due.

Chen Jingjing deliberately picked a fight. "I haven't done my homework. Give me yours."

Xu Zecheng was prepared and didn't panic in the least. "I did two copies."

At four in the morning, Chen Jingjing knocked on Xu Zecheng's window. "I want the pagoda tree flower cakes they sell under the old banyan tree in the suburbs."

Xu Zecheng glanced at the pitch-black sky and calmly asked, "Want me to bring back some Wufuzhai pastries and fried dough sticks from the alley entrance on my way back?"

Chen Jingjing... slammed the window shut in a huff, took three steps, then turned around and called out sullenly, "I want sesame buns from West Street, too!"

On the way home from school.

Chen Jingjing hopped off the back of the bicycle and demanded of Xu Zecheng, "Why does everyone else have a red scarf except me?"

Xu Zecheng calmly replied, "I'll go buy one now."

Chen Jingjing angrily snapped, "I want one you knit yourself!"

Just when everyone thought Xu Zecheng wouldn't put up with this anymore, they discovered that the brilliant, proud young man was actually knitting a scarf with complete seriousness.

Yu Huilan transmigrated into a story set in that era, written years ago by the chairman of the company she fantasized about working for. The story had her as its heroine, and she was determined to win the male lead's heart. After finally moving close to his home, she found that he was completely indifferent to her, despite how accomplished she was.

Instead, he turned around and started pampering a spoiled, pretty young girl...

Pretty, spoiled childhood sweetheart x gentle, clever male lead who schemes to win her heart

Theme: Hard work can change everything.