She Has a Crush on Me Too

Also known as "I Was Her First Love Too" and "An Unreachable First Love"

To Jiang Ying, Qin Yan is the person she's had a crush on for seven years.

But social status is an insurmountable divide. Jiang Ying is just an unremarkable delivery rider, and when it comes to the first love she keeps hidden in her heart, she can't shake her feelings of inferiority.

Even so, she holds on to hope and keeps in touch with Qin Yan.

She makes the abalone porridge Qin Yan loves.

Until one day, she sees on TV that Qin Yan is about to enter an arranged marriage with someone else.

That's when she learns that Qin Yan isn't a mere team leader, but the heir to a conglomerate.

Then, that very day, Jiang Ying gets into a terrible car accident.

Luckily, she wakes up back in high school.

When she sees Qin Yan again, she's still the cool, beautiful top student.

And Jiang Ying is still an athlete.

They might as well be from different worlds.

Only this time, Jiang Ying is going to study hard and change her life.

And in this life, she chooses to keep her distance from Qin Yan and be an ordinary friend. No more daydreaming, as everyone else puts it.

She studies diligently and saves up for tuition.

She assumes they'll never cross paths again. Her unrequited love from her previous life will be nothing more than her deepest, most closely guarded memory.

But then, incredibly, the teacher picks Qin Yan to tutor her.

Qin Yan is as responsible as ever.

Jiang Ying braces herself and tries to stay focused on her studies, thinking that once she cooperates for a while, Qin Yan will be able to report back to the teacher.

Then they can go back to how things were.

During this time, her grades improve by leaps and bounds. Even Qin Yan occasionally praises her.

Jiang Ying is full of motivation. After getting an A in her overall assessment, she decides to repay Qin Yan properly.

She deals with the irritating people pursuing Qin Yan.

She tidies Qin Yan's desk, brings her food when she's hungry, and water when she's thirsty.

When Qin Yan wants to sleep, she tucks her in.

She swats away the mosquitoes trying to bite Qin Yan.

Finally, to put an end to Jiang Ying's efforts to repay her, Qin Yan makes one condition: Jiang Ying has to swim in the school sports meet.

Jiang Ying appears in a backless crisscross swimsuit, showing off her flawless butterfly-shaped shoulder blades, firm waist and stomach, and delicate, creamy skin over lean muscles. Her slender arms reveal a unique beauty that combines softness and strength. Everyone present is dazzled by her.

Everyone, that is, except Qin Yan. Her eyes are shadowed and inscrutable. Her gaze seems to casually slide over Jiang Ying's ab definition, and her throat moves ever so slightly. A thirst unlike anything she'd ever felt before, along with an overwhelming desire to possess Jiang Ying, surges out of control within her.

When the competition ends, everyone is congratulating Jiang Ying.

Qin Yan pushes through the crowd and stands in front of her, smiling warmly. "Jiang Ying, come to my house tonight to celebrate."

"Just the two of us."

"Sure!" Jiang Ying is still happy to be able to repay Qin Yan.

She thinks it's just an ordinary sleepover between classmates.

Later, one morning, her unreachable first love clings to her like an octopus, utterly needy.

That's when Jiang Ying finally seems to understand: Qin Yan finds it easier to fall for her when she's not wearing clothes.

If only she'd known, she would've just taken them off in front of her.

Then she wouldn't have had to suffer through an unrequited crush.

Theme: In love's game, the brave are often the first to bloom and find happiness