Stars Blown Down into the River

A whale’s heart beats very slowly, just nine times a minute. If its heartbeat speeds up, it has to surface to take in more oxygen.

Here’s a joke: A whale drowns.

Childhood friendship may be the biggest lie in the world.

He approached her wrapped in a layer of sweetness,

not knowing that beneath it was a hard shell,

keeping her from hearing her own tenth heartbeat.

She was terrified by the flutter in her heart. That patch of earth seemed to have a mind of its own: a single cluster of roses grew there, then more and more sprang up, until they joined into a sea of flowers,

spilling wildly beneath the sky.

They could only sample that feeling briefly, then bury it without a word, understanding each other in silence.

Jiang Yihuai: “Your worth has never depended on how other people see you. Be yourself, Zhu Xingyou.”

For Jiang Yihuai, this was a long-planned wish finally coming true.

For Zhu Xingyou, it was love that grew over time, falling naturally into place.

[Campus · mutual secret crush · ensemble cast · one-on-one romance · devoted couple]

*A secret-crush story that makes the brave and decisive grow timid, and the calm and self-possessed act recklessly.*

A ragdoll cat takes on a merle Border Collie.

[Clear-headed, studious girl who borrows a tiger’s might × fragile, lovesick, scheming-tea boy]

Also known as "A Few Things About Winning Yourself Over" and "The Green-Tea Puppy’s Guide to Wooing Her".

[Reader’s Guide]

1. The heroine has a loving mother. The kitty grows over the course of the story; it isn’t a surveillance camera.

2. No women competing against each other, and no characters who exist merely as tools. Everyone acts according to their own personality.

3. There are lots of high school scenes; the romance comes later.

4. The male lead is unconventional.