[Mutual secret crushes + unequal family backgrounds + heartbreaking school romance + redemptive tragic ending]
Zhou Zhou’s life was just like her name: she drifted aimlessly through the sea of life like a solitary boat.
She thought she would spend her whole life muddling through hardship, but her father’s drinking day and night and the unbearable strain of their life drove her mother to remarry. That was how the story began, taking her completely by surprise.
At sixteen, someone else became part of her life.
He was different from everyone else. He cared about how she felt, loved her without reservation, and told her she was wonderful just as she was.
For a moment, Zhou Zhou thought perhaps she could become a princess in a fairy tale. Even if reaching the prince meant enduring countless hardships, she was willing.
At sixteen, Zhou Zhou met Qin Huai.
At seventeen, Zhou Zhou secretly loved Qin Huai, pretending to be “Shen Yanran’s younger sister.”
At eighteen, Zhou Zhou and Qin Huai got together.
At nineteen, they began dating.
At twenty-four, Qin Huai got engaged. His bride-to-be was Shen Yanran.
…
At twenty-five, Qin Huai got married. His bride was not Zhou Zhou, but Shen Yanran, whose family background matched his own.
At the wedding that drew the attention of the whole world, everyone marveled that the prince and princess were a perfect match. Zhou Zhou alone was the most forgettable supporting character at the ball.
“Xiao Zhou, when I turn twenty-two, will you be my bride?”
“Xiao Zhou, I’m sorry. I love you…”
And so, her years-long secret crush came to an end.
Is this ending be?