Why Didn't You Say So Earlier? We Could Have Been Together

[Reading Guide: Third-person narration, a harem of admirers around the male lead, a jaded straight male lead, trapped in an inescapable vortex of tacky fashion, and plenty of corny tropes.]

Jiang Heye is fifteen years old, 172 cm tall, and loves fashion.

Thanks to his unique ideas and eye for style, his outfits stand out from the crowd. His gloomy, brooding aura makes him seem like a crane among chickens to his peers.

Surrounded by scores of underlings and hangers-on, he became a locally renowned king of fashion.

Later, he established the online sect [Ye.] and recruited fashion disciples far and wide. In the winter of 2013, he punched out the wannabe tough guys and trampled the DKs, becoming a legend in a single battle. His followers honored him as the High Street Emperor of Ye.

Jiang Heye is twenty years old and 183 cm tall. He's afraid of violence.

After growing out of his cringe phase, he became a proud bubble tea shop lackey. He'd wasted his early years playing online games and neglecting his studies, never graduating from vocational school and holding only a middle school education.

If Jiang Heye could talk to his fifteen-year-old self, he would definitely say: "Don't play online games, and don't become the High Street Emperor."

Theme: The road that brought us here.