What Should I Do About My Love-Struck Ex-Boyfriend?

Luo Yu was born into a distinguished family. Handsome, refined, and noble, he took over the group at a young age and seemed utterly out of reach.

Jin Ling was an insignificant junior employee at the group: ordinary and conscientious, she spent her days working to make ends meet.

When people in their circle heard that the two were dating, they just laughed and said, "Young Master Luo is only fooling around with her."

Later, just as the rumors had predicted, they really did break up.

Some people were curious about Jin Ling's reaction. When they saw her, they deliberately brought it up, only to see her smile candidly and admit, "Yeah, we broke up."

Her manner was easy and natural, as if she hadn't been affected at all.

Everyone thought she was only pretending to be calm, and that deep down she must be hurting terribly.

Only Luo Yu knew she truly didn't care.

Because from beginning to end, he wasn't the one playing with her. Jin Ling was the one playing with him, Luo Yu.

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Work had been hectic lately, so Jin Ling told Luo Yu she wanted to break up. Her reason was that she no longer had time to play this game of romance with him.

She promptly blocked all of Luo Yu's personal contact details.

But every day, she still received harassing messages from the CEO through the company's messaging app:

[The first day without you. I miss you so much.]

[Today is the second day. I miss you so much I can't eat, and I've lost half a kilo.]

[The twentieth day. I think I've lost weight again.]

Jin Ling's response was to send feedback to her colleagues in the tech department, asking them to roll out a feature to block messages from supervisors as soon as possible.

Unexpectedly, all this back and forth really landed Luo Yu in the hospital.

Unable to bear the guilt, Jin Ling went to visit him. But Luo Yu took her hand and begged desperately, "Please keep playing with me a little longer. I really can't go on without you."

Jin Ling: ...

What do you do when your ex-boyfriend is hopelessly lovesick?

A little plug for my upcoming story, "The White Lotus's Thousand-Layered Schemes":

Ming Qiao recently got herself a boyfriend with an absolutely perfect set of qualifications: handsome, from a good family, gentle and considerate.

Most importantly, he was clueless enough not to notice her philandering, letting her time-management game proceed to her heart's content.

Things changed after her boyfriend introduced her to his good friend, Yuan Zheng. He had once caught her strolling down Flower Street with a junior from school.

After that, he watched her every day like some gloomy stalker, throwing Ming Qiao's pond of admirers into chaos.

Whenever Ming Qiao played innocent and acted sweet to her boyfriend after getting caught, he could always cut through her act with perfect precision:

"Everyone in the department suddenly became unavailable. We were just having a normal meal together..."

"Feelings grow over meal after meal."

"He asked for my contact details in front of so many people. I couldn't exactly refuse..."

"You got to know her that way, so other people can too. You managed to win her over, and so can they..."

The more he couldn't stand seeing them happy, the more Ming Qiao was determined to stay with her boyfriend forever.

She planted a provocative kiss on her boyfriend's cheek. But when she accidentally met Yuan Zheng's deeply furrowed brow, a terrible thought suddenly occurred to her: Could he actually like her?

In response to this ridiculous guess, Yuan Zheng calmly said, "Don't flatter yourself. You disgust me."

Their good times didn't last. With Yuan Zheng's encouragement, Ming Qiao eventually broke up with her boyfriend.

But when had she ever been dumped?

To get revenge, Ming Qiao schemed to stick close to Yuan Zheng, bringing him meals three times a day and fussing over him.

Sure enough, she managed to make her ex-boyfriend misunderstand. As the two men fought, Ming Qiao pretended to break it up while actually fanning the flames: "Stop fighting, stop fighting. You can't beat him~"

Later, as she applied medicine to Yuan Zheng's wounds, she couldn't hide her delighted smile.

"Are you happy?" Yuan Zheng demanded in a low voice.

Having gotten her revenge, Ming Qiao cupped his face and played the adoring admirer with affected sweetness: "How could I be? I'm far too worried about you, darling~"

He knew full well that it was all false affection, but Yuan Zheng only gave a cold laugh.

Fine. As long as she's happy.

Reading guide:

1. The male lead isn't faking an illness, nor is he hurting himself to threaten the female lead. He's genuinely a very "fragile" man.

2. The main characters aren't perfect. I can't think of any potential landmines yet. I'll list them if people complain. If possible, please don't complain, I beg you. From an equally fragile author.

Blurb screenshot saved on February 11, 2024.

Theme: Live life with optimism.