The Puppy Has a Secret

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Pure love (?) Fake male third lead rises to the top | Rivals-to-lovers couple | Two childish idiots bickering | Chuunibyou ←_←

Honest, chuunibyou, goofy childhood-friend kitty x top-tier seducer, tail-wagging puppy childhood friend who doesn't realize it

After losing a game with her classmates, Jiang Ran was asked what kind of person she liked.

She deliberately described the opposite of her secret crush, who had dumped her: "Someone with the right values, obedient and well-behaved, younger than me, and who carves my name into his heart!" Jiang Ran paused, then added, "Most importantly, he has to be a crybaby puppy."

Her classmates fell silent, not daring to say a word. The atmosphere was terribly awkward. Their eyes all fell on Zhou Jincheng, the student council president who had topped the grade rankings for years, a cold, handsome school heartthrob with no tear ducts. Every condition was the exact opposite of her ex-boyfriend, Zhou Jincheng.

The young man's eyes flickered. His fingers, resting on a soda can, lifted the tab, revealing a tattoo on the side of his finger: Jiang Ran's name.

His voice was hoarse. "Let's keep playing."

When Zhou Jincheng lost, he chose truth. And the person who got to question him was Jiang Ran.

Still angry that her childhood friend Zhou Jincheng had dumped her, Jiang Ran wanted to embarrass him. "When was the last time you cried?"

"When I broke up with my ex-girlfriend."

Jiang Ran didn't believe him. After school, when she got home, Zhou Jincheng, her roommate, pinned her against the door as soon as she walked in and held both her hands.

The young man's voice was hoarse and tearful. "I cry a lot now. I have the right values, I'm a month younger than you, and I'm well-behaved. I'll listen to Ranran, so can this puppy try to win you over again?"

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The heroine secretly loved him; each other's first love; pride and prejudice; childhood friends. They won't date until they're adults.

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