Sweet Temptation at the Convenience Store [Secret Crush Comes True]

Younger man | Secret crush comes true | Energetic mahjong-loving woman × cool, cocky heartthrob

After graduating, Xu Zhiyu couldn't keep up with her peers in the rat race of the big city, so she resolutely returned to her hometown to inherit her family's little convenience store.

She spent her days minding the shop and her nights playing mahjong. Young as she was, she was already living quite comfortably.

With one leg propped on the table, she copied Auntie Wang next door, lazily fanning herself with a big palm-leaf fan. Watching couples pass the shop in a haze of romance, she couldn't help letting out a long sigh. "I just need a boyfriend."

That little sigh caused a huge commotion.

The neighbors in Huainan Alley rushed to arrange blind dates for her.

Luckily, Xu Zhiyu had never aspired to much, and she didn't have many exacting demands when it came to a partner.

They just had to click. A quiet, ordinary life together, keeping each other company until old age, would be the most romantic thing imaginable to her.

The boyfriend situation was soon settled. But after she took Shen Siqing to the convenience store and had him help her mind the shop for a day, the high school boy who used to come every morning and evening suddenly stopped showing up.

Xu Zhiyu was baffled, and even worried.

She asked around among the other students and learned that the boy who had come every day, rain or shine, whether there were classes or holidays, was called Lin Xingmian.

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Later, rumors that the owner of the convenience store, who came every day, had been cheated on by her boyfriend reached Class Three of Senior Year.

Model student Lin Xingmian staked out the place for a week and beat up the man named Shen Siqing so badly that even his mistress wouldn't recognize him.

When Xu Zhiyu heard, she was greatly satisfied and slapped the table, deciding she'd treat Lin to an ice cream every day.

But even then, one day he suddenly stopped coming again.

She anxiously searched for his classroom, only to hear from his classmates that his acute gastritis had flared up again and he'd been admitted to the hospital.

Again?!

He knew exactly what he was doing, didn't he?

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On an evening during graduation season, Xu Zhiyu was sorting stock and hurrying to go play mahjong when a dark figure suddenly rushed in, pinned her in a corner, and kissed her forcefully.

Her eyes widened as she wondered who would dare do something so brazen in broad daylight!

Then she looked up and realized the person towering over her was already a familiar customer. Her heart pounded as his handsome face drew closer and closer. Through gritted teeth, he said:

"Isn't it obvious enough? Do I really have to spell it out?"

"Stop going on blind dates, sis. Give me a chance."

[Reading guide]

1. Both leads are each other's first. Happy ending, light everyday-life style.

2. The leads have a five-year age gap.

3. The convenience store is beside the entrance to Huainan Alley No. 1 High School.

4. There is a little mobile game esports content, which is part of a key plot point.

5. The male lead is not romantically involved with anyone while underage.

6. Blurb revised on January 14, 2025; planned publication date: January 28, 2025.

Theme: Shine in your own field