I Fell Out with My Ex After We Joined a Dating Show

[The third book in the romance-reality-show trilogy. You can add it to your to-read list in advance, everyone! Sweet romance, and the ex-boyfriend is not the male lead.]

Lin Shuanghui never expected to end up on the same dating reality show as her ex-boyfriend.

She and Fu Xubai had an ugly breakup three years ago. She shut her heart to love and never dated anyone else afterward.

If her family hadn't signed her up for the show this time, the two of them would probably never have crossed paths again.

When Lin Shuanghui saw Fu Xubai at the restaurant where the cast had gathered, she almost thought she was hallucinating. But the man who came over to her really was Fu Xubai. He had become much more mature and composed than before, and looked at her with cold, sharp eyes, as if he didn't know her.

Lin Shuanghui thought back to many years ago, when they attended the same middle school. He was a senior in his final year, while she was two grades below him. She fell in love at first sight with him during a speech contest.

To follow him, she worked hard at school, applied to the same university as him, and seized her chance to confess. It took her three years to get him to accept her.

Before they started dating, she had all sorts of romantic fantasies about Fu Xubai. After they got together, she learned that fantasies were only fantasies, and that the person you secretly love can remain forever trapped in the realm of fantasy.

During their relationship, Fu Xubai was dismissive toward her. She convinced herself he was slow to warm up and that she needed to keep trying to warm his cold heart.

He often disappeared and gave her the silent treatment. She told herself he was busy, that she should be understanding about how hard things were for him and be a good, obedient girlfriend.

When he got tangled up with other women, Lin Shuanghui finally sensed something was wrong and asked Fu Xubai what his relationship with the other woman was. He looked impatient and said she was just a friend, telling Lin Shuanghui to stop making a fuss over nothing.

Lin Shuanghui still managed to convince herself that a good-looking man like him was bound to have a few irrational admirers.

It wasn't until Fu Xubai's childhood sweetheart returned from overseas and she saw the two of them embracing and kissing on a rainy night that the water in her lovesick brain finally drained away.

That very day, she texted Fu Xubai to break up with him. Then she left the city and never saw him again.

She shouldn't have hoped to touch the moon.

The first love you cherished when you were young should stay forever in the sky.

The moment she saw Fu Xubai on the dating show, the heart that had always lost its rhythm for him finally fell quiet.

So it really is possible for time to make you forget someone. To forget a love that was once so fervent and sincere, and the pain so terrible you wanted to jump from a twentieth-floor building.

She had completely stopped loving him.

And at last, she could start a new relationship.

Important content notes:

1. Sweet romance.

2. A male supporting character tries to win back his ex and suffers for it.

3. The heroine used to be simple and weak-willed. She matures later and won't let anyone bully her, but remains gentle and warm. Read with care if that bothers you.

Theme: “Always remember: your existence matters.”