The Puppy Wags Its Tail [Secretly in Love with Him]

[Long-planned romance | Secret crush by the male lead]

"An outgoing, cheerful puppy holds back the love that's practically overflowing, so he won't scare the person he adores. But all you have to do is look closely to see his tail wagging so fast behind him that it's a blur."

Chen Xiaokang recently met Ding Zha, an intern from the same school, during his internship.

Ding Zha had a bright, sunny smile and kind, friendly puppy eyes. As soon as he entered the meeting room, he warmly greeted all the fellow interns, who were each a little reserved, and exchanged contact information with them.

Chen Xiaokang's inner monologue at the time: Looks like the company's young heir is here to experience life.

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Chen Xiaokang didn't know why, but ever since meeting Ding Zha, he kept running into him.

At the company where he interned and at school.

Even though they weren't in the same project department, and the campus was so large they had to ride electric scooters to get around, they kept bumping into each other.

It was like a puppy had marked him with its scent, and was now tracking him automatically with radar.

After Chen Xiaokang and Ding Zha kept running into each other, it happened so often that Chen Xiaokang even started to think he was being "sneakily dogged" by Ding Zha.

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Later, at a class reunion, Chen Xiaokang ran into Luo Jingjie, the boy he'd had a crush on in high school, for the first time in years.

Luo Jingjie was surprised when he first saw Ding Zha. Then, when he saw Chen Xiaokang standing next to him, a knowing smile suddenly appeared on his face.

There was even a hint of realization.

"Now I finally know why you punched me back then!"

Chen Xiaokang glanced at Ding Zha beside him, who looked as meek and guilty as a dog caught misbehaving by its owner. He was baffled. What was this about?

*Reserved, sensitive plain-water type x cheerful, devoted puppy-like clingy type

*Both are each other's first and only, happy ending

*Timeline: university and internship, with flashbacks to high school (quite a few bittersweet teenage crushes)

Theme: Perseverance leads to a better life.