We Stop at Liking

The male protagonist Chen Yu has a simple, ordinary and reserved personality. In his first year of junior high school, he met Wen Zhiyu, a quiet and gentle classmate. From their youth to their senior year in high school, the two secretly fell in love with each other and cared about each other, but due to their low self-esteem and timidity, they never said they liked each other for six years. After the college entrance examination, Wen Zhiyu was admitted to university and Chen Yu went out to work. The two embarked on different lives, retaining only a weak connection and no longer having a close friendship. Wen Zhiyu was forced to get married by her family at the age of 24, and she finally accepted the arranged marriage at the age of 26. Chen Yu worked hard to make a living outside, but always kept his first love in his heart until he was 30 years old, unable to withstand the pressure from his family, and entered a loveless marriage. Two years after their marriage, Chen Yu was tired of the dull marriage and took the initiative to contact Wen Zhiyu, only to learn that she had been divorced and was living alone with her children. Separated by reality, marriage and life trajectories, the two could only end politely and no longer get closer. Many years later, they lived a stable life without entanglement or reunion. The love that lasted throughout youth and was never spoken out eventually became the tenderest and most regrettable secret in each other's hearts, and they were gently let go over the years. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.