After Mistaking My Roommate for a Simp

[Currently drafting...]

#Not a creepy, lovesick puppy, but he does stalk her every day (?)

#I think you're my rival in love, but you're her brother (?)

Flirtatious charmer x arrogant guy / lovesick puppy

Sang Jueyi's younger brother got into the same university as her.

From then on, she had a free delivery boy, food runner, substitute lecturer, campus errand runner, and a punching bag who came whenever she called.

Packages were always delivered downstairs.

Takeout was brought right to her hands.

He even volunteered to answer questions in class when filling in for her, earning participation points.

He made his campus runs in all kinds of weather.

Whenever Sang Jueyi was in a bad mood, he would come straight to the girls' dorm and let her take it out on him.

Then there was the boy's astonishing declaration:

"I'd gladly be your dog."

Even after she punched him, he just grinned and said, "That felt great. Hit me again."

Before long, the story of Jing University’s ultimate lovesick puppy was making the rounds.

He worked like a horse for a girl who didn't deserve him, asking for nothing in return. The whole school was left in awe.

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When He Siyu heard about the school's ultimate lovesick puppy, he had just come out of the shower. He dried his short, sleek black hair with one hand, water droplets sliding over his lean, muscular chest and disappearing beneath his shirt.

His gaze was cool as he tossed off a comment. "What an idiot."

Then he turned around and discovered that the legendary lovesick idiot was his roommate.

After seeing his roommate grovel without limits again and again, while Sang Jueyi accepted it all without a second thought, He Siyu's opinion of her sank below zero.

He thought to himself:

He would never be a lovesick puppy for a girl like that.

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Sang Jueyi had set her sights on her younger brother's roommate:

He Siyu.

The young man had sharp features and a distant air, with long legs and a tall frame. He became one of Jing University's most talked-about students as soon as he arrived. People said he was cocky and a bit of a troublemaker, but a decent guy who got along with everyone.

Except he couldn't stand her.

That day, Sang Jueyi had gotten into another argument with her brother and was so angry her eyes were red. She walked along, cursing him. "What a heartless jerk."

She didn't expect to run into He Siyu.

Knowing he disliked her, she pretended not to see him and walked past.

To her surprise, He Siyu, who usually kept her at arm's length, suddenly reached out and yanked her into his arms. His face was cold, his voice as dark as the depths of winter. He asked slowly, one word at a time, "What's so great about him?"

"Break it off with him."

He Siyu fought to hold back his emotions and gently wiped away her tears. His posture was like a dog's eager submission to its master, yet also like a beast threatening its prey. "I can be a lovesick puppy too."

Sang Jueyi: "?"

No, this was a huge misunderstanding...

Reader's guide:

1. The characters are adults. SC, HE, sweet romance.

2. They are biological siblings, one taking their father's surname and the other their mother's.

3. A bickering brother and sister, and the hapless brother-in-law. The male lead coolly warns the younger brother that being a lovesick puppy gets you nothing, while secretly and obsessively trying to steal his sister away.

4. Blurb screenshot saved on 2024.11.14.

Theme: May we all bravely and fearlessly run toward a brighter future.