Love Meets Its Match

[Starting in 2026. A bickering young couple who grew up in a military-family compound, a sweet childhood-friends-to-lovers story.] A heroine born with a hopeless romantic streak x a cold, solitary nemesis | airhead and grump (?) - Childhood sweethearts have been overly romanticized in novels and on screen. He Songzhen has suffered for it. Growing up, her childhood friend Li Baifeng was her fiercest rival, the yardstick she'd been measured against from childhood through adolescence. No ambiguous feelings, just mutual jealousy. In kindergarten, they competed over toys. In elementary school, over height. In middle school, over grades. In high school, over test scores. Everyone thought they were inseparable, but each knew the other was their sworn enemy. Their personalities were just as different. One was a hopeless romantic who'd been buying candy for cute boys since she was little; the other was a hard-hearted loner who still went everywhere alone even as college graduation approached. When He Songzhen's Nth relationship fell apart, she sighed, saying there was no such thing as true love in this world. Li Baifeng sat beside her and, for once, didn't mock her. "Think about that before you say it," Li Baifeng said. "How many times have you had your heart broken? How many of those times have I been there for you? When you had your first breakup, who took you out for grilled fish to cheer you up? Last time you couldn't sleep because you'd been crying half the night, who got up to buy you a midnight snack? And the time before that, who drank beer with you all night at a barbecue stall? And before that... For all these years, whenever you said you wanted to eat something, who went with you? Don't you get it yet?" He Songzhen stared blankly at his gloomy face. "I get it now," she said, suddenly enlightened. "You're a true romantic when it comes to food." - Childhood friends, always at each other's throats. A hopeless romantic goes through one relationship after another, then suddenly discovers that her solitary nemesis has secretly been in love with her all along. A sweet, innocent romance. - Theme: The person you love most is right beside you!