After My Heartthrob Experience Card Expired

Xu Jia Zhen is an ordinary girl: neither pretty nor smart. She lives cramped in an urban village with her timid mother, her stepfather who favors boys over girls, and the younger stepbrother her stepfather brought along.

One day, she suddenly gets incredibly lucky and receives a rich-and-beautiful-girl identity experience card. In the blink of an eye, she becomes a darling of high society.

The good news is that with this experience card, everyone likes her. For the first time in her life, she gets to eat cake on her birthday and have a room of her own. Her closet is full of brand-new clothes, so she no longer has to wear hand-me-down jackets her younger brother has outgrown. And she no longer has to worry about getting beaten over trivial things like breaking a bowl...

The bad news is that the experience card is only valid for two years.

Two years later, the magic wears off. Xu Jia Zhen is returned to her original life, and the admiration and adoration she gained through deception vanish overnight.

After seeing her true self, the campus heartthrob who fell in love with her at first sight is deeply disappointed and furious. He thinks she is a shameless liar and even calls her “disgusting.”

The arrogant young heir and race car driver throws every gift she ever gave him into the road and runs them over until they’re smashed to pieces.

When the beautiful dream ends, Xu Jia Zhen quietly changes out of her princess dress and returns to her dull, dreary life. Before long, she moves with her family to another city, completely cut off from the circle she used to run in.

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Two years later, Xu Jia Zhen gets into college.

Her family refuses to pay for her education. To cover her living expenses and tuition, she works two jobs, and at night she also takes a job at a luxury boutique.

One day, Xu Jia Zhen stands behind the floor manager to greet customers. When she looks up, she sees a familiar face: the very campus heartthrob who once liked her.

He walks into the store with a companion who looks like a wealthy heiress.

After so much time, he probably doesn’t recognize her. Her face is so ordinary she could disappear into a crowd. Thank goodness he doesn’t remember her, or she might lose today’s sales.

Xu Jia Zhen lowers her head and crouches in front of a stool to help his companion try on shoes, thinking with relief.

She does her best to avoid making eye contact with him. But then she suddenly hears his cold voice ordering her to come over and help him try on shoes.

[Tips]

1. A melodramatic trope warning: “She thinks everyone hates her, but actually no one can forget her and they love her to death, gritting their teeth.”

2. A multiple-love-interest story, with more than the two featured in the blurb.

3. The title may change.

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