In the interest of scholarly pursuit I finally decided to share this article from a Chinese entertainment mag, the truthfulness of which is perhaps equal to any tabloid exposé.

Keeping the above in mind, according to the article, the cuteone's first relationship started when she was 19 and still an art academy student. One day she was in a training room reciting some dialogue, which had the line: "If I'm standing in front of you, I'm in love with you, but I won't tell you. Can you guess that my love belongs to you?" Because she was so emotive and in character, her girlfriends started to tease her, saying that since she was putting so much into the dialogue, she must have a secret crush on someone. Quickly their sights zeroed in on a handsome young male student. So the cuteone's girlfriends made a dare, to see if she could get herself a date with the unwitting victim. The condition was that the two of them must be seen leaving the school together, and come back together 3 hours later.

Being as talented as she is, the cuteone agreed to the dare. As a ruse she asked him about a restaurant near his home. He volunteered to take her there on his bike, so the two left the school's gates together, as the cuteone flashed a sign of victory to her friends watching the whole thing in hiding. Once at the restaurant, the guy went home (...ok...). After the requisite time had passed, the cuteone called him up and in a frantic voice pretended to be lost. Naturally he fell for it, riding to the rescue and accompanying her all the way back to her dorm. Thus the cuteone won the dare hands-down.

Afterwards they kept contact, and gradually started dating for real. It's not known how long this lasted, but eventually the guy found out about the dare and was quite indignant. "What else wouldn't you do on a dare!" he reportedly said. The cuteone thought about explaining the whole deal, but being a little stubborn and believing ingenuously that how she really felt should have been apparent to him, finally just let it go, and so they parted ways.

The article which can be found here (http://ent.tom.com/1306/1362/200482-90431.html) also mentioned that they couldn't get a comment from the cuteone herself on this.

Aside from the question of whether any oxygen-breathing, grown man could be so dumb, it doesn't seem to be a particularly unbelievable story.

Thank you for putting in the effort to summarize that article Siven.

I do agree with you that anything like this must be treated with scepticism.

true. That’s something that could have happened to me.

I’m not Chinese and that’s what makes it all the more believable. I certainly would have made her pay, though. I wouldn’t have sent her packing.

Would this have been...before or after...Zhao Di?

:laugh:thats a good re-write siven, your version thoroughly entertaining.:clap:

in a way, it has that similiar road-home feel.

If true, it sounds like our cuteone is up to harmless fun & mischeif.

Sometimes i think that if you;re in china, and you smile at someone it could mean to the papers.........that you must be in love
:laugh:

True or not... she's a crafty little girl.:cool:
Sounds like we'll need to get a game of truth or dare going.

Nice story, true or false. :grin:

Hey, nothing wrong with a girl asking for a ride, no matter what the ulterior motive. At that point, you’re nothing to her. Don't expect much, and don’t read too much into it. Feel used? Quit whining, and look at it as an opportunity to be alone with her for a while. Show her what you made of. Maybe tell her a poem or something. Hold the bike up for her. Carry her over a puddle.

If nothing happens, no loss. If it ends up in a date, or even a longer term relationship, there is your "reward”.
Then, the original intent does not matter. What matters is that she picked you, that she likes you now, perhaps loves you, despite the original ‘hidden’ motive. Such a turn-around should be even more of a credit to her, and a reflection of her real, true feelings toward you.

Bonehead. I would have stayed, and reaped the rewards of my original ‘naivety’. :D

Cheers,

CG

True or false...who cares?

I think it's a fun way to date someone.

Come to think of it, this story is a good example on how to attract girls atention (lol), i should buy a new bike and maybe someone like Zi Yi will "use" me:grin:....i wouldn't mind really.