I Really Don't Have a Crush on You

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Campus romance | A touch of ensemble cast | Four-way unrequited love | Extreme romantic tension

“Snarky, timid girl × genuinely scheming green tea”

Zhou Lin is a godlike presence at Huaicheng High School. His grades crush everyone else’s by a mile, he has won more competition gold medals than he can count, and he has a face so stunning it seems to defy nature.

Fair, cool-toned skin and amber eyes make him the object of every girl’s hopeless confession.

Lin Shiren is an invisible nobody who transferred from an ordinary class into the elite class. On her first day of school, she runs into this favored son of heaven at a convenience store.

The boy takes a can of Coke from the fridge. His profile looks like a sketch by Men Cai, every angle and curve traced in smooth, flowing lines.

Lin Shiren is still debating whether to say hello when she sees him take a box of Jissbon condoms from the shelf and ask the cashier to ring it up.

His expression is calm, his movements practiced, as if he has done it at least a hundred times.

The good-student image shatters in an instant o.O!

A little tipsy, she posts his true colors online.

Rumors spread everywhere, and Lin Shiren begins to panic. She writes him an apology and slips it into Zhou Lin’s desk.

At a dim stairwell, someone pulls Lin Shiren into an empty corner. An overwhelming, predatory aura closes in as Zhou Lin opens the envelope right in front of her.

“Love that isn’t returned?”

“Turned to hate because of love?”

He looks down at her coldly. “You have a pretty unusual way of having a crush on someone.”

Zhou Lin originally paid no mind to Lin Shiren’s crush, until he finds a playlist on her phone named after another boy…

Fine.

She flirts with him, then moves on to someone else this quickly.

At sports day, he crosses the finish line and takes the chance to crash into Lin Shiren. The two of them kiss in front of the whole school.

After the scandal breaks, Lin Shiren cries so hard her face is streaked with tears. “I’m sorry. I lied to you.”

Zhou Lin grips her chin and stares her down. “Then keep lying.”

[Some people are towering trees that blot out the sky, while others are little blades of grass quietly daydreaming.

I dedicate this story to girls who weren’t born to be the heroine of their own grand saga. Slowly learning to be less timid is one way of loving yourself.]

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"Mr. Lu Resigns Again and Again"

You Yun, project director at Tong'en Medical, has had a remarkable career. Thanks to her iron-fisted methods and the boom brought by a new drug launch, she climbed the ranks faster than a rocket.

With the general manager nearing retirement, everyone at the company says she’ll be the next one to take the job.

But three months later, You Yun’s hopes are dashed. The new general manager is Lu Sizhou, the heir to the Lu Group.

Thanks to his handsome face, he’s been a fixture in the entertainment pages for years, and all the women at work swoon over him. You Yun is the only one who isn’t impressed. She decides to work him into the ground, this “parachuted-in executive.”

You Yun: “Mr. Lu, we’re still 15% short of our annual targets. Aren’t you worried?”

Lu Sizhou: “I was so worried I ended up in the hospital. Come take care of me.”

You Yun: “Our competitor sent Mrs. Tang an exorbitantly expensive necklace. We may not be able to hold on to next year’s big client order.”

Lu Sizhou: “Here’s the catalogue from the Zurich auction. Pick something you like.”

The more she throws herself into work, the more things seem to go awry. How did she end up with the highest approval authority in the company?

The day after they part on bad terms, the HR director sends Lu Sizhou’s resignation application through the company’s OA system.

HR Director: [Mr. Lu is resigning again. Is the company about to go bankrupt?]

In a dimly lit emergency stairwell, You Yun confronts Lu Sizhou with a stony face. “I’ve already withdrawn your resignation application for you.”

Lu Sizhou pins her in place with his arm. “You don’t like office romances, so I resigned. Two birds with one stone.”

You Yun: …

She wants to be the general manager, not “do” the general manager.

A career-minded woman who can’t pull strings, so she takes it out on him by having her way with him × a lovesick fool who has secretly loved her for years, only to accidentally steal his future wife’s job

[Bonus Scene]

Her colleagues are all sticking up for You Yun because Mr. Lu keeps finding fault with her more and more often.

In the general manager’s office, You Yun sits on Lu Sizhou’s lap, her lips unusually red. “No personal business during work hours.”

Lu Sizhou: “I haven’t kissed you enough yet.”

You Yun shoves against his restraining arm. “We have a video conference in a minute.”

Lu Sizhou: “If you won’t let me kiss you, I’m submitting my resignation…”

Seriously, what kind of general manager resorts to crying, making a scene, and threatening to resign?

Theme: Study hard