Little Fish Ding-Dong

[I revise obsessively and have made major changes to the plot. I am not responsible for pirated copies.]

Mutual pining | Reconciliation after a breakup | Reunion after years apart | Long-planned romance | Roommates

[Bright and lively x Scheming and calculating]

Graduation season arrived, and interview messages poured into Ding Qin's phone nonstop.

Every job opportunity was in the same city, paid well, and seemed flawless.

Staring at the screen full of identical blue dots, Ding Qin clenched her fists, wiped away a tear, and shouted at the sky:

"Gu, the student from M University, it's graduation season! Why aren't you looking for a job instead of entering my phone number?! I'd love to apply, but I have to be qualified first, sob..."

To get "Gu" to remove her number from the recruitment website as soon as possible, her heart pounding, she took three deep breaths and reluctantly opened QQ to message her high school crush, whom she hadn't spoken to in years:

[Gu Yuchen, sorry, 135xxxxxxxx is my number. It looks like you entered it by mistake as the contact number on ZhiX Recruitment. Could you log in and fix it when you have a moment?]

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Gu Yuchen's phone number was only one digit different from Ding Qin's.

In this age of information overload, putting down the wrong number on a recruitment website was hardly unusual.

She never expected Gu Yuchen to feel so guilty about it.

Much less did she expect him to sincerely offer compensation for the days of text-message bombardment: "I'm new here and don't know Guangzhou well. How about we share a place? You cover utilities, and I'll take care of everything else."

A spacious apartment, a prime location, a fully smart home, all for just 500!

Late one night, after arguing with her awful landlord, Ding Qin saw the listing pop up on WeChat. So moved that her nose stung, she sent back an "OK" sticker with tears in her eyes.

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Later, at a high school reunion, someone started talking about the most innocent years of their lives, and the silly, secret things they'd done for their high school crushes.

When it was Ding Qin's turn, she said, "The pressure of job hunting during graduation season was getting to me. One day, I really wanted to hear his voice, so I pretended to be a stranger and called him from overseas by mistake."

Everyone began cheering and asking who "he" was.

The beer bottle spun and pointed at Gu Yuchen.

He said, "The day after I got her call, I spent 8,999 yuan on a phone number that differed from hers by just one digit."

Reader's Guide:

1. The idea of entering the wrong phone number on a recruitment site and being bombarded with interview messages was inspired by something online.

2. A warm, gentle, slow-burn story about high school classmates sharing a rental in Guangzhou while job hunting. Focuses on everyday life.

3. Both leads are each other's one and only, happy ending. They have a past breakup. They reunite at the start. Mostly set in the city, with some high school scenes told in flashbacks. An urban fairy tale.

4. Important content note: The story includes many real Guangzhou place names and Cantonese. Its tone is pure romance, pure romance, pure romance! Two childish people falling in love.

5. The premise has changed. This blurb describes the new premise. If you don't like the new premise, feel free to leave.

6. The new premise was archived on October 26, 2024, and screenshots have been taken.

7. Anti-theft setting: 90%, 72 hours.

Theme: Because of you, I can turn my back on fate without fear.