The Whole World Says I Don't Like Her

Xu Zhuyi confessed her feelings to Pei Xianqing twice.

When she was seventeen, she handed him a love letter. She didn't even get to see him before he coldly rejected it.

At twenty-seven, Xu Zhuyi was a notorious actress who specialized in playing wicked supporting women, with rumors about her everywhere. A photo of her dating the male lead came out, enraging his fans and drawing countless insults: [Xu Zhuyi is a scheming bitch, a homewrecker, and a boyfriend-stealing mistress!]

Her boyfriend of many years broke up with her under public pressure, and she was blacklisted as a result.

Buried in debt, Xu Zhuyi had no choice but to turn to the investor of her drama, Pei Xianqing, head of the Pei Group.

Unlike the school uniform he wore in her memories, the man was now dressed in a sharp suit. His refined, handsome face had matured into something dignified and elegant.

Only after her youthful crush had been sentenced to death did Xu Zhuyi learn that Pei Xianqing had a beloved woman he could never have.

By a twist of fate, she happened to resemble that woman.

She deliberately approached him at a banquet, staged a chance encounter in the rain, and held an umbrella over him. "Mr. Pei, remember to return my umbrella."

"Mr. Pei, my name is Xu Zhuyi."

After she carefully set the stage again and again, he finally looked at her properly.

Later, he saw through her act. Xu Zhuyi stood awkwardly before him, like a ridiculous clown.

The man wiped his gold-rimmed glasses and slowly raised his head.

"I can help you pay off your debt, but on one condition: you marry me."

Becoming a substitute for the person you had secretly loved as a teenager: such a melodramatic and tragic plot could have come straight from a TV series.

Determined not to let herself be hurt, she decided to live without a care. Xu Zhuyi diligently played her part as a substitute, while also showing off at a class reunion, getting revenge on her ex, taking down a fake-sweet rival, and making a great success of her career.

But Xu Zhuyi felt that her old feelings were starting to rekindle.

One day, drunk, she clung to Pei Xianqing and sobbed uncontrollably. "Mr. Pei, forget her and try to like me, okay?"

"Pei Xianqing, do you know I've liked you for ten years?"

A short scene:

When he was eighteen

The young man was the pride of the heavens. His only defeat came one day after class, when he failed to notice a familiar figure lingering in the hallway, clutching a pink love letter.

Later, that love letter appeared on his deskmate's desk.

When he was twenty-eight

He saw that familiar figure again, lingering in the hallway. After hesitating for a long time, she put on a casual air, walked over, and smiled at him.

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