The hot-blooded, clueless boy Chen Zhou vs. the girl Cheng Yin who charges into love for him (they love each other with their eyes wide open)
Cheng Yin first met Chen Zhou while they were learning to drive. At the time, he was the first person to strike up a conversation with her. Then, just as their lessons were ending, she unexpectedly received a confession from him. For the first time, the boy laid his feelings bare before her.
That obscure crush from their youth was brought into the open.
He would watch her every move during gym class.
He would write in his diary every time he saw her.
And whenever he came across a gift that suited her, he would buy it and keep it safe.
But until he turned nineteen, all of that could exist only in his memories.
Stories of boys nursing secret crushes are rare in youth, but Chen Zhou's love for her was like a bonus scene arriving late in their story.
Now she had opened it, only to discover she'd won the grand prize.
Even so, they couldn't escape the challenges of a long-distance relationship.
When their futures came into conflict with their love, Cheng Yin backed away.
The right person should be part of your future.
Perhaps they were destined to meet again. Three years later, she finished graduate school.
By chance, her internship placed her in his unit.
When they met again, he was no longer the callow boy he'd once been. He was much more mature, and there was a new distance between them.
She had been the one to break up with him, so even when they met again, she never considered getting back together.
But Chen Zhou stubbornly pushed his way back into her life.
He said they were destined to be entangled for the rest of their lives.
Though the one I love lies beyond mountains and seas, even mountains and seas can be crossed.
(The ending hasn't been decided yet. I always feel that the characters in a novel are alive, and that little by little, they'll lead me to their ending.)
