[A touch of ensemble cast, redemption, mutual secret crushes at school, reunion after years apart as adults, two high-achieving, strikingly attractive leads]
[Cool, resilient heroine vs. gentle, restrained hero] [Both study liberal arts]
When Lin Zening was five, she met a boy who brought the first warmth of her childhood.
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At twelve, Lin Zening met that boy again. He had grown into a teenager, his eyes brimming with warmth and laughter. Though handsome and dashing, he had a gentle, refined nature at his core.
He gently entered her life and stood firmly by her side amid the rumors and gossip.
But they met too early in their youth, and were destined to part.
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Another eight years passed.
Lin Zening and Meng Ze'an reunited at the age of twenty-five.
The girl of those days was no longer so tangled up in herself, and the boy had grown braver.
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This secret crush, spanning more than a decade, was the most precious secret hidden in the folds of time.
Many say a secret crush is a shell that grows heavier the longer you carry it, an obsession with something you can never have, a bitter torment that slowly simmers in your heart. But for Lin Zening, this hidden joy was like the first ray of sunlight at dawn, piercing the gloom of the years and gently lighting her shadowed path.
To meet you is the greatest fortune of my life. You are both the beginning and the end.
She said, "Meng Ze'an, I hope everything goes well for you, and that life keeps getting better."
He said, "You're wrong. It's us. Things will keep getting better for us."
Content note: The heroine seems aloof, but she's actually socially anxious and a sucker for good looks. In private, she's adorable.
