A Seasonal Romance

(Sweet youth romance + mutual crush becomes true love + both leads’ first love + devoted couple + healing + happy ending) [Devoted couple]

[The school’s golden boy × a rational, struggling, low-key heroine]

The story: One meal sparks a romance. Lunch buddies become lovers, and a handsome genius gradually goes wild chasing his girl, turning more and more lovestruck.

1. At school, Yan Xicun is an invisible presence on the fringes of her class, rushing every day between her studies and making ends meet. Gu Jingyi, meanwhile, is the school’s famous golden boy. He keeps a low profile but is admired by everyone, and is a regular topic on the campus forum.

2. Later, they meet over a meal and grow close over a month of breakfasts. Everyone thinks Yan Xicun has a crush on Gu Jingyi. Only Gu Jingyi knows she’s just trying to keep her distance.

3. A friend asks Gu Jingyi what it feels like to like someone. He says, “Liking Yan Xicun is like eating a paper-crane fruit candy. It’s hard when you first unwrap it, but sweet once it melts.”

Gu Jingyi once told her, “There are four seasons in a year. I’ll be there for all four.”

A little excerpt:

On her eighteenth birthday, Yan Xicun was having a miserable time. Starving, she stood outside a barbecue restaurant and stopped a classmate who happened to be passing by, though they had never spoken before. Then she made a request:

“Gu Jingyi.”

“C-could you treat me to a meal?”

Gu Jingyi: “…?”

(The places and characters in this story are fictional. Please don’t read too much into them.)