Let Me Be the One Who Loves You

*The proud one begs | Reconciliation after a breakup | The pursuit of his wife leads to heartbreak*

Synopsis:

The moment Ju Yan first saw Lin Jinshi, her secret, unspoken crush began.

But Lin Jinshi had never paid her any attention. Their only interaction was when he came to her house to see her brother and she opened the door for him.

With his perfect looks and privileged family, he was the darling of fortune, while she was just an ordinary girl.

Ju Yan knew Lin Jinshi was beyond her reach and never planned to confess. Just being able to see him a few more times made her happy.

Then, during her freshman year, Lin Jinshi suddenly stopped her outside a classroom and began deliberately finding excuses to get close to her. Unable to hold back any longer, Ju Yan asked him why.

Lin Jinshi paused, then couldn't help laughing. "I'm pursuing you. Can't you tell?"

Ju Yan went from being at a loss to accepting him. It felt like a dream.

But even after he became her boyfriend, he remained distant, neither coming close nor pulling away, as though he were just "going through the motions."

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When they broke up, Ju Yan steeled herself and said something cruel to get back at Lin Jinshi. "You know what? I never liked you. Back then, I only liked your face."

Ju Yan thought Lin Jinshi would sneer and walk away without a second thought. Instead, she saw the proud young man draw in a sharp breath, his face turning deathly pale.

Lin Jinshi looked at her helplessly. After a long silence, he pleaded in a low voice:

"Even if you only like my face, that's fine. As long as you still like me a little..."

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Much later, Lin Jinshi, a top-tier star known to outsiders as aloof and impossibly out of reach, clings to her leg and kneels on the floor, acting coy.

"Bibi, give me a title," he says, rubbing his cheek against her thigh. "Let's get our marriage license tomorrow, okay?"

Reader's Guide:

Gentle, rational counselor x jealous, love-addicted, unhinged male star

Other male characters have one-sided crushes | The male lead will have dramatic clashes with the second and third male leads

Most of the work-related plot focuses on the female lead, who will become increasingly accomplished later on

[Important] Content warning: Both leads have had previous partners, so they are not each other's only partners, though neither has slept with anyone else. The male lead's first kiss and first time were both with the female lead.

The male lead becomes extremely possessive later on, to the point of seeming a little crazy. There are wall-slamming scenes! If this isn't your thing, please steer clear.

The story alternates between campus and city life, with about a third set during their school years. If you dislike flashbacks, take note.

Coming soon: "Xia Qiao's Coming-of-Age Diary"

Melancholy beauty older sister x younger green-tea boy

She is lively and cheerful, beautiful and tall. After graduating high school, she and her friends receive acceptance letters from the universities they had hoped to attend.

Xia Qiao's life has always been happy and peaceful. Until that accident...

After her amputation, not only is her body left incomplete, but the life she had always been content with begins to fall apart too.

At twenty-eight, watching the man her parents have set her up with chatter endlessly about his mother, Xia Qiao feels sick.

Her parents urge her to compromise. After all, she's disabled now.

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She sees Wang Jiahe again when Xia Qiao is nearly thirty.

Unlike before, Wang Jiahe is now a head taller than her, with broad shoulders, long legs, and the bright energy of youth.

Xia Qiao hears a girl say, "A guy like Wang Jiahe is so lucky to meet, even if only for a little while!"

The 186-centimeter-tall boy stands in the sunlight with his backpack slung over one shoulder, looking down at her with narrowed eyes.

"You liar!"

Xia Qiao: "?"

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At first, he gets close to her only because he wants to rekindle their friendship.

Wang Jiahe teaches Xia Qiao to skateboard, plays basketball with her, and even volunteers to chase away the rude men her family tries to set her up with.

But as they spend more and more time together, his feelings for her slowly change.

Wang Jiahe looks into Xia Qiao's disbelieving eyes and says, word by word:

"I like you. Not in the way a younger guy likes an older sister."

"I stopped feeling that way a long time ago."

Theme: Let the snowstorms, hurricanes, landslides, and absurdities come. - Yu Xiuhua