You Should Date Your Childhood Friend

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Childhood sweethearts | Growing-up romance | He secretly loves her | High school | Everyday life

[Playful, lively childhood sweetheart vs. aloof, scheming, secretly passionate childhood sweetheart]

Liang Han met Qin Yao when she was five. They were childhood sweethearts who had grown up together.

Qin Yao had been an outstanding student since childhood, the most dazzling star at school. Even though his cold, distant nature made him hard to approach, his admirers still came one after another.

He had no interest in romance, so he was always asking Liang Han to help fend off his admirers. Slipping an arm around her shoulders, he would put on a show for them: "If you want to pursue me, you'll have to talk to my girlfriend."

In front of everyone, Liang Han would nod shyly. "That's right, that's right. You've got no chance."

When they were alone, Liang Han would count the perks Qin Yao had given her, grinning from ear to ear. "You're so generous, boss. Hire me again next time."

They were the closest, most in-sync friends in the world. Anything could happen between them, except romance.

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Once they started high school, they ended up in different classes. Qin Yao was on the academic competition track, while Liang Han was an athlete, and they went down different paths.

The boy earned an early admission offer in his first year of high school and became a hot topic around campus. His admirers grew in number, but he remained aloof, as if nothing interested him and nothing mattered to him.

The girl blossomed into a graceful beauty and became the school's high-jump goddess. Before long, she had admirers of her own.

Before anything could happen, her aloof childhood sweetheart snuffed out that tiny spark. "Who said you could date at your age? Are you even an adult yet?"

Liang Han was furious at his overstepping. "Stop meddling in my business!"

From then on, Qin Yao made a habit of snuffing out every one of her potential romances, forbidding her from dating young and going astray.

Later, Liang Han did go astray after all.

But the road she strayed down led straight to Qin Yao.

At her eighteenth birthday party, the aloof, understated beauty who had always kept herself above the fray kissed her in front of all her friends, making a bold public claim on her.

The young man gazed at her with burning eyes, making no effort to hide his love. "You can only date me."

A story about an aloof, secretly passionate childhood sweetheart finally knocking some sense into his wooden-headed girl and helping her realize her feelings.

Reading guide:

An athlete x an academic competitor. An unconventional school romance, focused on everyday life. The story starts in childhood and won't be too long. Chapters 1-10 cover childhood through middle school; high school starts in Chapter 11.

A sweet childhood-sweethearts romance, one-on-one, both each other's first.

They are not romantically involved before reaching adulthood. The characters are not based on real people, and they are not perfect.

The blurb has been archived. Original version: June 16, 2025. Revised version: September 16, 2025.

Coming soon: After Becoming My Nemesis's Wife

An opposites-attract couple

[Defiant, fiercely loyal young man x spoiled, theatrical young county princess]

Princess Shang Ruofu of Yuanheng is doted on by everyone and has grown up pampered and proud.

Only those close to her know that she can't stand being wronged and cries at the drop of a hat. Fortunately, she has her childhood sweetheart to comfort her.

When her childhood sweetheart leaves the capital, Shang Ruofu tearfully sees him off. On her way home, she runs into Yu Zhaolin, a wild, unruly young man galloping on horseback, and the two become sworn enemies.

The young man is sharp-tongued and arrogant. The girl is too tongue-tied to win their verbal sparring, so she turns her anger into writing, publishing several wildly popular romance stories under his name. Yu Zhaolin becomes a laughingstock in the capital and has to cover his face whenever he goes out. He hates her so much his teeth ache.

One day, the young princess falls and hits her head. She forgets everything except that Yu Zhaolin is her husband.

After being thrown out of the Yu residence, she stands outside the gates, crying and cursing him as a faithless, heartless man, attracting a crowd of onlookers.

Yu Zhaolin comes out with a dark expression to deal with the situation, only to have the soft little lady throw herself into his arms. Through her tears, she accuses him: "Yu Zhaolin, how could you be so cruel? How could you abandon your wife and child?"

Yu Zhaolin: ?

The crowd: !

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Yu Zhaolin and his elder brother have depended on each other since childhood. When his brother is framed and thrown into prison, Yu Zhaolin begs everyone in the capital for help, but no one dares to assist him. Only Prince Qin is willing, on one condition:

Yu Zhaolin must play along with Shang Ruofu, "marry into" the prince's household, and stay until she recovers.

The young princess's memories are confused, and she slips into the stories she wrote as if they were real. Yu Zhaolin puts on a cold face and plays all kinds of roles alongside her. What he never expected was that he would get even more caught up in the act than she did, and begin to foolishly hope they could play these roles together for the rest of their lives.

But one day, the young princess suddenly hits her head and regains her old memories. She hates him even more than before.

Her childhood sweetheart finally returns to the capital, ready to discuss marriage with her.

And Yu Zhaolin, after she has used him and tossed him aside, is left like a worn-out shoe.

As the two of them are being all lovey-dovey, Yu Zhaolin suddenly shows up at her door with a child. In front of her childhood sweetheart, he demands an explanation: "Princess of Yuanheng, how could you be so cruel as to abandon your husband and child?"

Shang Ruofu: !

Her childhood sweetheart: ?

Theme: Youth never dies; the years flow like a song