The Little Tyrant Bows His Head

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Childhood friends | Unrequited love from the guy | School days first, then the entertainment industry

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The little tyrant Xiang Sijin (photographer) x the crybaby Lin Qianli (celebrity)

Xiang Sijin is the notorious little tyrant within a hundred li of the Panjiang Welfare Institute.

She has a childhood friend: Lin Qianli.

And now, from Lin Qianli's perspective: the tough guy in public, the teary-eyed little husband in private---

When Lin Qianli was eight, he first met Xiang Sijin.

At the time, Xiang Sijin was a little girl standing beside her mother, battered and bruised. She held her back straight, her eyes red but her lips pursed in righteous indignation.

The adults said Xiang Sijin had been injured while standing up for a child who was being bullied on the street.

Xiang Sijin looked a mess, her nose bright red, but the moment her eyes met Lin Qianli's, she raised her chin slightly and said, "Hmph."

·

When they were sixteen, it was the eighth year since they had met.

Lin Qianli looked coldly at the people who had bullied him in the past, completely unafraid.

He had meant to deal with them himself, but then he saw Xiang Sijin, who had said they should pretend to be strangers, dash over from ten meters away and step in front of him.

Lin Qianli heard a loud slap, followed by Xiang Sijin's firm words: "Try bullying Lin Qianli again, and see what happens!"

The male classmate who had taken Xiang Sijin's slap saw stars. He glanced at Lin Qianli.

Lin Qianli, who had been so cold just moments before, now had red-rimmed eyes and tugged at Xiang Sijin's sleeve with a pitiful look.

Male classmate: Lin Qianli! You're so good at acting! Why don't you become an actor?

Years later, as this classmate watches Lin Qianli wink at him from the big screen, he seems to hear Lin Qianli saying:

"Hey, bet you never thought I'd actually become an actor..."

·

At seventeen, when she first fell in love, Xiang Sijin was bright and flamboyant, like a wild tiger lily.

But this tiger lily had the emotional sensitivity of a block of wood.

Lin Qianli thought that if he stayed by her side and relied on his tearful, heart-wrenching acting skills, one day he would finally win her over.

Then he happened to notice that Xiang Sijin's older brother seemed to look at her in a rather inappropriate way too.

Lin Qianli: I'm doomed.

"Lin Qianli, even rabbits don't eat the grass around their own burrows."

"That's not true! The grass you've been looking after yourself tastes best!"

Reading guide:

· Both leads are each other's only partners

· The modern-day story is set in the entertainment industry

Qianli's career path goes from:

Idol who debuts through a talent show -> actor (the plot in between involves major later twists, so I can't spoil it). If you mind his being an idol at first, please take note.

The career storyline focuses on the two in roughly this proportion: Sijin 70%, Qianli 30%.

· Happy ending

· No characters are based on real people

[Preview blurb]

The First Rule of Winning Over a Tsundere

Ren Hanzhang's grandma takes her to a fortune-teller to have her mother's romantic prospects read.

Watching the old woman spout one lie after another, Ren Hanzhang gives a disdainful snort.

The fortune-teller says, "Ren Hanzhang, you're so young and already disrespect the gods. You'll never find true love in your life!"

Ren Hanzhang lifts her chin and snorts. "Don't talk nonsense. I only disrespect you, not the gods."

Besides...

The chubby kid next door said he liked her just yesterday.

In second grade, the class monitor said he liked her. The next day, his mother, their homeroom teacher, dragged him away by the ear.

In sixth grade, the captain of the school's student patrol team said he liked her. The next day, he fell off his bike on the way to school and broke his leg.

In ninth grade, the class Youth League secretary said he liked her. Before the next day was out, a flowerpot fell from nowhere and hit him on the head.

Ren Hanzhang: "...Oh heavens, I really don't disrespect the gods!!"

Ren Hanzhang passes the high school entrance exams and gets into Ningcheng's top high school.

There, she meets Su Shilin.

Ren Hanzhang: "Oh! He's young and handsome, but doesn't talk much."

She nudges her deskmate and asks, "Is he mute?"

The answer is no.

Oh, he's not.

She waits timidly until school lets out and Su Shilin is alone, then catches up and suddenly pins him against the wall.

Ren Hanzhang says, "Gu Shilin, want to date?"

"My surname is Su."

"Oh. Su Shilin, want to date?"

"...No."

"Are you sure you don't?"

"Dating in high school isn't allowed."

Rejected, Ren Hanzhang only becomes more determined. She swears she'll prove the fortune-teller wrong!

After Su Shilin rejects her for the fourth time, a tile falls from the sky in front of her and shatters to pieces.

Ren Hanzhang: "Good heavens, the bad luck has come for me!"

To protect herself, Ren Hanzhang decides to give up pursuing Su Shilin and focus on her studies instead.

But after that day, things start to feel strange.

The chance encounters she once had to rack her brains to arrange begin happening again and again.

Until---

At the mouth of the alley where she once pinned Su Shilin against the wall, Su Shilin pins her against the wall!

The corners of Su Shilin's eyes are red, and he is nothing like his usual aloof self. "Why don't you like me anymore?"

"...D-did I ever like you?"

"Then why did you pursue me?"

"Uh... because you're handsome?"

"Am I not handsome now?"

"You are." Ren Hanzhang looks up and notices the crumbling plaster overhead. "But I don't think now's the time to discuss whether you're handsome..."

Before she can finish, there's a smack, and the plaster falls onto Su Shilin's head, bursting into pieces.

Before he can react, he hears Ren Hanzhang's voice, an octave higher than her usual soft-spoken tone, shouting as she runs away: "See! Liking you brings bad luck!!!"

Theme: Even an ordinary life can bloom into something beautiful