I Choose the Devoted Second Male Lead

Cool girl x warm guy | Open crush | Sunny childhood friend vs. gloomy newcomer

Cool, top-of-the-class girl 📚 x talkative little ray of sunshine 🔆

"What does it mean to be childhood friends? I thought it meant that you and I were made for each other, since even our names go so well together."

In her senior year of high school, Yun Xi finally got a new deskmate.

He was good-looking and did well in school. Although he wasn't much of a talker, he was gentle with her, unlike her sunny, energetic childhood friend who loved to tease her.

Around that time, lots of girls in her class were reading romance novels.

They said Yun Xi's deskmate was like the quiet, devoted male lead, while her childhood friend was like the passionate second male lead whose love went unrequited.

They asked Yun Xi, "If you had to choose, which one would you pick?"

Yun Xi smiled, thinking it was childish, and said nothing.

But who could have guessed that one day her quiet deskmate would ask her the same question, with an unspoken hope in his eyes?

Yun Xi found it hilarious.

After she'd laughed enough, she looked coldly at her expectant deskmate:

"He and I have known each other since before we were born. The longest we've ever been apart is less than ten days. So what makes you so sure I'd choose you?"

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Separated by a wall, Jiang Qi had to be held back by three people, and was practically ready to charge in and punch someone. Hearing those words instantly calmed him down.

Then he pretended to be calm as he straightened his clothes. Blushing slightly, he grinned smugly at the people beside him:

"She didn't say enough. Actually, from before we were born until now, the longest we've ever been apart is less than seven days."

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Next up: Childhood Friends Are an Orange

Childhood friends | Fake siblings

[1]

One evening during her first year of college, after a club gathering, a male classmate walked Tan Qingling to her front door.

After saying goodbye to him, she opened the door and was met by Xu Lingfeng, his face cold, and a forceful kiss that took her completely by surprise.

Her face flushed as she pushed him away and glared at him. "Xu Lingfeng, have you lost your mind?! You're my brother!"

Xu Lingfeng wiped the lipstick smudged around her lips and sneered. "Brother? Have you ever treated me like one?"

"What sister lets her brother warm her feet with his stomach?"

"What sister lets her brother hold her while she sleeps?"

"What sister sneaks a kiss from her brother while he's asleep?"

When she fell silent, he gently pulled her back into his arms. Biting her lip, he ground out, "Admit it, Tan Qingling. You have feelings for me."

[2]

Tan Qingling was smart and beautiful, a good girl in the eyes of her elders and an excellent student in the eyes of her classmates.

Only Xu Lingfeng, who lived under the same roof as her, knew how mean and spoiled she could be. Her favorite thing to do was tease him.

She always called him by his full name. Only when she got into trouble and needed him to bail her out would she sweetly call him "big brother" over and over.

She often made him read the love letters she received. When he stopped halfway through, she'd look innocent and ask why he wasn't continuing.

She was afraid of the dark. When they were the only two at home, she'd order him to sit by her bed and stay there until she fell asleep.

Tan Qingling was always teasing him, and Xu Lingfeng thought he hated her.

But after hearing her overly sweet "big brother" so many times, he somehow got used to it, and even began to like it.

He got used to Tan Qingling's teasing, and he fell in love with Tan Qingling...

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"Childhood friends are like an orange: one half is you, and the other half is me."

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