Chen Yi'an was passed from one relative's home to another. In the year she started high school, she came to live with the Shi family, a distant relative as distant as could be.
The Shi family had a son older than her, Shi Heng. Unfortunately, Chen Yi'an was several generations above him in the family hierarchy, so Shi Heng had to call her "Great-Aunt."
When Chen Yi'an first met Shi Heng, she thought he had a terrible temper. He was always scowling and showed no respect at all for her, his Great-Aunt.
Later, Shi Heng started calling her "Great-Aunt" of his own accord, but the way he said it made her blush and her heart race.
By then, her opinion of Shi Heng had changed considerably. She thought he was an excellent person: good grades, good looks, and, despite his usual carefree attitude, surprisingly warmhearted.
She never expected Shi Heng to go crazy after they started college.
"You obviously like me, so why are you avoiding me?"
"I don't!"
"Then you're not allowed to be with that person."
"You like me, don't you?"
"If you didn't, you wouldn't keep sneaking looks at me."
"You're the one who tempted me."
Shi Heng said to Chen Yi'an, his eyes red.
Even years after graduation, he still wouldn't stop clinging to Chen Yi'an.
A determined man can wear down even the most resolute woman. Chen Yi'an thinks she'll never escape Shi Heng for the rest of her life.
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[College campus, interspersed with high school memories]
Internet-savvy, mildly socially anxious heroine × gloomy, rotten-to-the-core hero who's exceptionally good at pretending
Jiang Zao has had an online boyfriend for a year. They've known each other through games for years, always playing together no matter what game they try, and naturally becoming a couple in-game.
Her online boyfriend is witty and funny, always quick with a clever response and very considerate. They've never met or heard each other's voices, but in the landscape photos he's sent, a glimpse of his fair, long fingers with prominent knuckles has shown.
Jiang Zao is a socially anxious homebody, and none of her relationships have lasted longer than three months. But she and her online boyfriend have been together for a whole year. Over that year, she's come to feel that he's exactly her type, and she's been working up to a plan to meet him.
But before she could put that plan into action, Jiang Yue discovered that her online boyfriend had another game account. No, he'd deliberately let her find it.
An account both familiar and unfamiliar.
The more she thought about it, the more something seemed off. She hurriedly dug out the account she'd used in high school and found him among a list of hundreds
Su Yu.
A gloomy guy who'd had a crush on her in high school.
A gloomy guy who'd stalked her in high school.
A gloomy guy who'd been lurking around her for years.
Jiang Zao's world came crashing down.
The male lead's perspective:
Su Yu has someone he really likes. He's loved her since elementary school. He was so happy to be in the same class as Jiang Zao again in middle school. He was so happy to walk to and from school with Jiang Zao every day. He was so happy that he was the only friend Jiang Zao had.
But why did Jiang Zao suddenly stop talking to him? Why was she avoiding him?
In high school, he followed Jiang Zao's every move, listening as her anonymous online friend to all the funny stories and worries she shared with him. In college, he listened as Jiang Zao told him about her relationships.
He did his job faithfully.
And he was honored to become Jiang Zao's third boyfriend. He would work hard to play the type she liked.
Jiang Zao wants to meet him, but before they do, he has to let her know who he is.
Theme: The "not falling in love" of a happy life
When I was young, Heng gave me a fright 💪
Hahaha, my eyes are not innocent enough
Chen Yian: Oh, it turns out to be me 😂