My Hopelessly Romantic Childhood Friend Was Reborn

As a hopeless romantic through and through, Si Jianan went mad for love, spending years skulking in the shadows and secretly keeping tabs on his childhood friend's everyday life.

After plotting for years, he finally climbed into Lian Yao's bed on his birthday.

After getting what he wanted, Si Jianan ignored Lian Yao's cold shoulder and deliberate attempts to keep him at a distance.

He became an annoyingly clingy pest, telling everyone they were going to get married.

Someone boldly asked, "Brother Lian, are you and him really..."

Lian Yao denied it. "No."

Nobody in the world took Si Jianan seriously.

Everyone around them favored the outstanding adopted son of the Si family, seeing him as the heir apparent.

Including Lian Yao.

Later, the adopted son moved into the apartment Si Jianan shared with Lian Yao. They came and went together every day, and everyone around them assumed they were a couple.

Everyone was waiting for the show to begin.

When would Si Jianan finally be kicked out?

Later, on the day the adopted son was officially declared the father's illegitimate child and given a place in the family, Si Jianan left in tears.

Everyone came to ask Lian Yao where Si Jianan was.

But Lian Yao didn't know either. Where had that clingy pest who'd hounded him every day gone?

One day, he heard someone mention it casually: "Brother Lian, Si Jianan won't bother you anymore. He's dead!"

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When Si Jianan woke up, he discovered he had been reborn.

He'd been exhausted by his obsession in his previous life. This time, he only wanted to be a carefree little rascal.

The little rascal had changed. He ignored everyone around him and cared only about money, happiness, and freedom.

Lian Yao thought he was playing a little game of playing hard to get. Though he looked down on the ploy, he still deigned to wait for him at a hotel all night.

The next day, he stormed into Si Jianan's apartment and grabbed him by the collar, wanting to ask why he hadn't come. Then someone appeared behind Si Jianan.

He placed a hand on Si Jianan's shoulder, acting intimately. "A-Nan, who's this?"

Si Jianan frowned. "The grandson of the old lady next door."

Lian Yao: "..."

He didn't believe it!

How could Si Jianan, who'd sworn he wouldn't marry anyone but him, be dating someone else?

Love-mad obsessive x cool and abstinent

Archived blurb: 2023.7.28++ Steal the premise and you'll stay obscure forever.

Theme: Face what your heart truly wants.