Sweet Childhood Friend

The new novel on my author page, Don't You Dare Reject Me, is currently being serialized!

Also known as What Do I Do When My Crush Only Wants My Body?

College campus | Flirtatious, sugary-sweet romance

Open crush x secret crush

Daring, looks-obsessed childhood friend x seemingly proper, scheming childhood friend

Wen Zhi has a childhood friend she's known for years: Ji Huaizhou.

Wen Zhi thinks he's perfect in every way,

except that he doesn't like her. That's not okay. It needs to change.

But after years of trying to win him over, she still hasn't succeeded.

Wen Zhi finally works up the courage to confess, only to be rejected.

Her experienced fujoshi roommate tells her with absolute certainty, "Ji Huaizhou is definitely gay!"

The suspect is Ye Congnan, Ji Huaizhou's sworn enemy, with whom he has a "love-hate relationship."

After a long analysis that leaves Wen Zhi dazed, she decides she's "turned love into hate" and goes completely dark.

If she can't get the man she likes, then she'll find a way to get the man her man likes!

But just a few days into her plan to steal his man, her normally aloof and self-controlled childhood friend loses his cool and snaps, "Stay away from him."

Wen Zhi blinks. She's shocked, then disappointed.

He used to fight her for the blankets when they were kids, and now he's fighting her for a man! So annoying! She's absolutely going to steal Ye Congnan!

But... this plan to steal his man seems to be going much more smoothly than she expected.

Wen Zhi gets her wish, and Ji Huaizhou loses it. "Break up with him."

Wen Zhi smiles triumphantly. "May the best one win."

After a long struggle, Ji Huaizhou says humbly, "If you want to play around, just play with me."

Wen Zhi is completely bewildered.

Why isn't this going the way she imagined?

*Note: The male and female leads have a normal romantic relationship.

Ji Huaizhou knows exactly what she's like.

So one day, he pretends to be drunk and tricks her into coming home with him, even going so far as to use his good looks.

Wen Zhi can't control herself and crosses the line, but doesn't want to take responsibility.

Ji Huaizhou smiles darkly. "You kissed me until my lips were raw, and now you're pretending to be crazy and clueless."

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The male lead is completely in love.

"She doesn't like me. She just wants my body."

"Once she gets tired of playing, she'll cruelly abandon me."

"So I can't let her get her way."

The serialized novel on my author page, Don't You Dare Reject Me

Resilient, cool-headed heroine x mad, obsessive male lead

Coercion | Living-under-one-roof trope | The male lead chases the heroine after the breakup | High school to college

The first time Xu Pan met Chu Wang, he looked down at her with undisguised contempt.

"I don't like your eyes. They make my skin crawl."

Xu Pan didn't take it to heart. She found a pair of glasses and put them on.

As the daughter of the housekeeper employed by her benefactor's family, she always kept quiet and knew her place, patiently enduring Chu Wang's cruel behavior.

But Chu Wang was like a rabid dog.

After the college entrance exams, Xu Pan was manipulated into becoming his contract girlfriend, with no end date. It lasted as long as he felt like it.

The storage room on the third floor was their usual date spot.

Chu Wang closes the door. "Come here and kiss me."

Xu Pan steps forward, but he pushes her away again.

"Say you love me first."

"I love you."

Chu Wang steps forward and pins her in place, holding back his anger. "You always put on that obedient act to make me happy."

Xu Pan looks at him calmly. "Isn't making you happy my job?"

Chu Wang's eyes turn red, and his fist slams into the wall beside her.

His demands become more and more unreasonable.

Xu Pan only wants to escape, and that's exactly what she does.

When they meet again two years later, Xu Pan thinks he's long since grown tired of her. Instead, he only becomes more extreme.

"I gave you two years. I thought you'd run far away, but you didn't. So does that mean you couldn't bear to leave me either?"

There has never been any love in Xu Pan's eyes when she looks at him.

"Give me one more chance, and I promise you'll never find me again."

"Too late." Chu Wang smiles and kisses her.

"It's fine if you don't love me. I love you, and that's enough."

"Your eyes are always cold, but you still make my heart race."

Theme: Pursue what you love.