How to Deter the Cold, Powerful Man Who Has a Crush on Me [Dual Transmigration]

[My next book will be Spoiled Until It's an Addiction, about a stuffy old traditionalist and a spoiled little princess. Please add it to your favorites.]

Zhan Yan worked part-time online as a love-struck-person recovery counselor. The client she was matched with turned out to be an aloof big shot in real life.

She repeatedly invited him to become her business partner, and he rejected her every time.

His arrogant, icy attitude showed no regard for their old school ties, making Zhan Yan grit her teeth in frustration.

Yet when he talked about his secret crush online, he sounded utterly humble, as though he had been brought to his knees:

"I've liked a girl for ten years. She doesn't know."

Before Zhan Yan could enjoy the big shot's secret, something bizarre happened.

She began frequently transmigrating back to her high school days!

Back then, Zhan Yan was still love-struck over a scumbag she'd had a crush on for years.

The scumbag looked down at her arrogantly. "Who do you think you are, trying to chase me?"

The first time, those words had left Zhan Yan dispirited, and her grades had plummeted.

Now, facing the scumbag's humiliation for the second time, Zhan Yan laughed coldly and, without batting an eye, used the high school academic god as a shield.

She shot back, "Do you have some kind of delusion that everyone's chasing you? My boyfriend is Song Qiuyu."

The crowd drew in a collective breath.

"Song Qiuyu? The top student who's always at the top of the rankings?!"

"That's hilarious. She didn't even bother making up a believable lie. Song Qiuyu would never be into her!"

Just then, a familiar voice sounded behind her. "We're not actually dating."

Zhan Yan turned toward the voice. In the sunlight stood a boy with youthful, refined features and a cool, otherworldly air. It was none other than the aloof big shot from ten years later.

In full view of everyone, Song Qiuyu said calmly, "I'm still pursuing her."

The farce came to an end. Zhan Yan was about to thank Song Qiuyu for playing along, her expression complicated.

But Song Qiuyu's lashes fluttered, a faint blush crept over his pale neck, and he held out a love letter with both hands.

"Junior Zhan Yan, I've liked you for a long time."

#Shocking! The aloof big shot's longtime white moonlight is me!#

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Everyone thought Song Qiuyu was as cold as ice, but they didn't know he had severe social anxiety.

His anxiety was so bad that he spent ten years secretly loving a girl without daring to confess.

Until one day, he unexpectedly transmigrated back to his high school years.

He suddenly wanted to be selfish for once.

At the very least... he wanted her to know him.

Important notes:

1. The scumbag tries to reform and win her back, but she never takes him back.

2. Single-couple romance. The heroine once had a crush on a scumbag, but they never dated.

3. Both leads transmigrate; time loop; parallel school and adult storylines; mutual healing; light mystery.

1

The day they first met, a fine rain was falling.

Sang Wan was brought to the Meng home. Meng Jingyan studied her rain-damp eyes, then coolly looked away a moment later.

He removed his cufflinks and placed them in the entryway. His voice was unhurried. "Call me whatever you like. You can even call me Meng Jingyan."

To honor a friend's request, the refined and distant Doctor Meng began learning how to care for a young girl.

She loved to cry, so he had to comfort her.

She loved pretty things, so he had to spoil her.

She had a bad temper, so he had to put up with it.

Years later, the timid girl he'd raised had become spoiled and willful. One night, drunk after a late-night binge, she barged into his bedroom.

Looking at the impeccably dressed man, she took advantage of her drunkenness and sat on his desk. "Meng Jingyan, I like you."

Meng Jingyan glanced at her, wrapped up his transoceanic meeting in a few words, and closed his laptop.

He lifted his chin slightly, his gaze calm behind his gold-rimmed glasses. "You've gotten bold. Now you even call me by my full name."

2

Sang Wan hated Meng Jingyan's self-control and composure, hated how clearly he drew boundaries, and hated how he stroked her hair through suede gloves, smiling as he called her a "good girl."

Later, just as she wished, Meng Jingyan fell from his pedestal.

Outside the door, she could hear her fiance talking with Mrs. Meng, their conversation slightly muffled.

Separated from them by a single door, the usually noble and reserved man removed his glasses. His bare palm burned against the small of her back, and his scorching breath kissed her until she could barely breathe.

As their breaths mingled, Meng Jingyan rasped in her ear, "You like playing around, don't you? When I was young, I played much rougher than he does."

"Wanwan, break up with the one outside."

"Tell him to get lost."

Refined scoundrel × spoiled, fussy princess; nine-year age gap

The heroine talks big but is timid, while the hero is abstinent but likes dirty talk.

Theme: Seize the chance to rewrite your life and create a better future together.