[Mutual devotion, secret crushes] [Love unrequited] [Bittersweet ending] [Childhood friends] [Healing]
An INTJ heroine who is sharp-tongued, proud, has a personality split, and struggles with emotional detachment & an INTJ hero who is calculating, cold, aloof, and warm-hearted beneath his icy exterior
Meeting someone extraordinary in your youth can haunt you for a lifetime.
A troubled girl meets a troubled boy, and each leaves the other dazzled throughout their youth.
Sharp-tongued and proud Su He falls in love at first sight with the calculating, cold Ji Yanli. She schemes and plans until she finally gets the taciturn top student to open his heart... But fate intervenes, and a misunderstanding drives them apart. They lose contact for eight years. When Su He returns to their old haunts eight years later, they meet again.
Su He: “When I gave all my tenderness to someone who didn’t deserve it, the world taught me to be wary and cruel.”
Ji Yanli: “You always say that those who truly know how to love also know how to let go and wish the other person well, that true love is restrained, not indulgent. An adult’s view of love means taking responsibility: responsibility for loving and being loved, and for the pain of loving someone you can’t have. But Su He, my love for you has become a flood. What am I supposed to do? Just thinking that you might fall for someone else makes me lose control...”
Through the years of love and heartbreak between Su He and Ji Yanli, one young man has always quietly watched over her from behind. When she was riding high, he applauded in silence. When everyone turned against her, he was the only one who stood by her and held an umbrella over her. Someone once asked him if all that silent devotion was worth it. Gu Shiyi smiled and said:
“My only wish is for you to be safe and well.”
