There are two rumors going around at Ning City No. 1 High School:
First, the dazzling school belle Meng Misong, born into a prestigious family, likes other people's boyfriends, but loses interest as soon as they break up.
Second, the aloof, impoverished top student and school heartthrob Ji Youbai has a childhood friend, and the two are deeply in love.
At first, Meng Misong paid no attention to the rumors. Then one day, the other person at the center of them sat down beside her.
More than half a semester later,
when she heard that ridiculous rumor again...
Meng Misong: [Yes, the rumors are all true.]
Meng Misong thinks Ji Youbai must be crazy. He has a girlfriend, yet he's still stringing her along.
She thinks she must be crazy too, for falling for someone who already has a girlfriend.
--
After the college entrance exams, Meng Misong sees Ji Youbai and that girl together with her own eyes.
Without hesitation, she blocks him on every platform and goes on a trip to clear her head.
When she gets back, she unexpectedly finds Ji Youbai waiting downstairs, his eyes bloodshot and his gaze sharp as he grabs her tightly.
Before she can even start yelling at him, that girl walks over with a friend and exclaims in surprise:
"Brother?"
Her eyes flick toward Meng Misong.
"Is this the goddess in the photo you kept tucked in your book?"
--
Years later, at a class reunion, no one is surprised that the two of them are together. In fact, some are disappointed: they'd been shipping them secretly since high school.
After a few rounds of drinks,
a girl speaks up on their behalf, fuming. "I wonder who spread the rumor that the school heartthrob had a girlfriend, just to trick the school belle."
Everyone agrees, condemning whoever had done such a rotten thing.
Ji Youbai puts an arm around Meng Misong and calmly says, "That was me."
"..."
#Bright, sunny heiress x aloof, insecure poor boy
#The heroine is joking about herself: she only ever liked the hero; everything else was just a rumor
#The hero falls for her first and strings her along; the heroine has always been rich, while he builds himself up from nothing
#A lighthearted, sweet campus romance
Theme: Be brave and pursue love
