My Roommate Always Thinks I'm in Love with Him

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Blurb: [Sunny, practical heroine with an unconventional way of thinking VS a chuunibyou, lovestruck hero who wins himself over]

Heartwarming baker VS handsome college guy

1.

Lu Mingyou has a secret: instead of going abroad to study for the law master's her parents arranged, she secretly returned to China and used her tuition money to open a bakery.

The first time she saw Shi Ye, she complained to her best friend about the decline of public morals. How could such a handsome guy be working in the "quack-quack" line of work? But the really outrageous part was that, by a twist of fate, they ended up as roommates!

Well, since she was kindhearted and couldn't bear to see a young man go astray, she decided to change him with care and nurture him with love.

2.

Shi Ye never expected to get a "heartfelt confession" from his roommate just one week after they started sharing a place. The girl secretly watched him, quietly cared for him, and seemed to "know him inside out."

Fine, he'd graciously allow her to have a crush on him.

But all the girls around her were giving him a headache: first an IT guy, then an entrepreneur, and now some sporty guy.

So who's chasing whom here?!

3. [Sket 1]

At the dinner table, Lu Mingyou explained to Shi Ye's friends, "We're just roommates. Nothing could be more innocent."

With every bite, Shi Ye's face grew darker.

Was it really necessary to make such a point of distancing herself from him in front of his friends? Was liking him so embarrassing that she couldn't even say it out loud?

Would an innocent roommate casually touch someone's abs and get a nosebleed?

Would an innocent roommate carefully plan a date at a restaurant for couples?

Would an innocent roommate throw herself into someone's arms while white-water rafting?

Wow, that was some real innocence.

[Sket 2]

"Aren't you going to explain?" Shi Ye asked, unusually patient as he leaned back on the sofa and pressed her for answers.

He'd always known he was handsome. Girls had been confessing to him at every opportunity for as long as he could remember. He only vaguely understood Lu Mingyou's strange behavior today, but after those few things she'd just said, it was hard not to read into them.

What was that thing his childhood friend Zhou Tian always said?

A girl starts sending wingman signals when she likes someone.

[Reader's Guide]

1. One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's only partners, four-year age gap with the heroine older

2. No rivalry between women, only rivalry between men

3. Hilarious daily life as roommates, growing together

4. A lighthearted, healing slice-of-life comedy. Readers looking for intense, thrilling wish fulfillment should take note

5. If you don't like it, please don't be mean. Writing is hard; if it's not your cup of tea, just quietly move on

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