A Guide to Awkward Romance

When Wen Ningshi was a first-year university student, she had a crush on a kind senior from her club.

Born with a mild speech impediment, she earnestly took a little notebook and wrote a title on it: "How to Pursue Someone You Like."

She never expected to be spotted by the senior's roommate, who had a terrible reputation.

The man crossed his legs and looked her up and down. His striking, flirtatious eyes were full of contempt. "You think you can win someone over with such a tired old approach?"

Wen Ningshi, an eager student, held her pen and asked sincerely, "Then how should I do it?"

Jing Zhan: "...?" Is she an idiot?

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For the first time in his life, Jing Zhan fell for someone this dense.

All she did was carry that stupid notebook around and ask him how to pursue someone.

Eventually, he got impatient. "Want me to give you the answers? You know that's cheating, right?"

Wen Ningshi silently looked at him, holding up the breakfast she'd brought.

Jing Zhan: "..."

Bribery won't work either.

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Jing Zhan personally taught her how to get close to someone else. But when he saw her smiling as she went off on a date, panic suddenly seized him.

He cornered her downstairs from the dormitory and said fiercely, "Give me the notebook."

Wen Ningshi hugged the things in her arms and refused to let go. "It's mine."

"I taught you everything from start to finish," he gritted out, his eyes full of bitterness he couldn't hide. "You ungrateful little brat."

-

Wen Ningshi always thought the senior she had a crush on was the light of her life.

It took her a long time to learn that Jing Zhan had been there all along.

The note that appeared in her desk that year was from him.

The warm embrace at the sports meet was from him.

The anonymous comments on social media were from him.

Even on the night she stayed late at school, the person by her side was still him.

From the very beginning, that clumsy crush had fallen into the trap he had carefully laid.

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One day after they got together, Jing Zhan bought more than a dozen notebooks and tossed them onto the table. "Write in these. You're not allowed to sleep until you finish."

Wen Ningshi quietly protested, "I only filled half a notebook back then..."

Jing Zhan folded his arms, looking completely shameless. "I want everything your senior had, and I want everything he didn't have, too."

Wen Ningshi: "..."

I kindly gave you the right answers, and you're telling me you don't want to take my test?

A quirky, naturally absent-minded sweetheart x a cool, cunning, black-bellied wolf with a big bushy tail.

Theme: To love someone is to love everything about her.