[A clear-headed heiress who has shut her heart to love × a poor, handsome, tragic top student who has coveted her for a long time] | The male lead covets the untouchable female lead and schemes his way up to her / the second male lead chases his lost love in a dark, crawling frenzy!
Mu Qingyao is a newly minted heiress. She has been openly in love with her childhood friend Pei Linchuan for over a decade, devoting herself to him and caring for him in every way since they were children. Even after his family went bankrupt, she stayed by his side without abandoning him.
On the day the college entrance exams ended, she nervously confessed her feelings, only to receive the same rejection she had heard three years before: "Sorry, I don't plan on dating during my four years at university."
?
She felt no anger, embarrassment, or urge to question him. She was simply tired.
If you want to leave, I won't stop you.
From now on, you go your way and I'll go mine. You don't deserve my sincere feelings!
I'll follow my own broad road, and you can cross your own narrow bridge. I won't bother with you again!
*
Zhao Yiyan, the top student in the school and its aloof heartthrob, was Mu Qingyao's class monitor in high school and her rival for three years. Yet he suddenly approached her.
"Your grades are good enough to get into Qing University too."
?
Mu Qingyao was surprised. Why was the usually distant and indifferent heartthrob talking to her? She asked casually,
"What, beating me for three years in high school wasn't enough? You want to keep beating me in college, too?"
Zhao Yiyan lowered his eyes to hide his smile. "I'm just telling the truth."
Mu Qingyao had assumed the two of them would have nothing more to do with each other.
Later, he came to her rescue when Pei Linchuan wouldn't leave her alone. The two of them shared their first meal, and after that, she realized that he seemed like a pretty good person...
Her dying lovesick heart began stirring again.
But until Zhao Yiyan confessed, she absolutely would not assume that he liked her!
*
No matter how many doubts Mu Qingyao had, Zhao Yiyan remained unruffled.
She had no idea that this coolheaded, steady top student had coveted her for a long time.
He saw her shine brilliantly, and he also saw her humble herself for love.
Whenever life pressed down on him until he could barely breathe, he would see that radiant girl who seemed like a princess, and the unbridgeable gulf between them. He could not bear to give up, all so that one day he might stand proudly by her side.
Knowing he was not worthy of her, he could only show through his actions that she deserved the very best love.
Zhao Yiyan: When will my proud little swan finally fall into my arms?
Reader's note:
Important! The leads are definitely each other's first and only partners! No need to worry about that.
The author only writes sweet romances, and the female lead will definitely be cared for down to the smallest detail by a devoted male lead. Each has their own strengths and weaknesses, but they are absolutely a couple made for each other!
There won't be much melodrama about rich families. The main story is about everyone becoming a better version of themselves and getting together with the person they love most, except for the second male lead.
Please note that many locations are fictional or stand-ins, not errors about common knowledge!
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Theme: Sincerity is the only sure way to win.
Could it be that the male protagonist's parents' car accident was related to the female protagonist's family?