Seven-Tenths of a Heartbeat

[School setting first, city life later; both chaste; a short, sweet romance]

Just before the new term began, Shen Qingke broke out in hives in the middle of the night and went out to buy medicine. There she met Song Wenjin, a rough young man from the streets. They ran into each other again the next day at the hospital. The two, who thought they’d never meet again, crossed paths once more at school.

As one event after another unfolded, they got to know each other and gradually grew closer.