Across the Wild River

[School life + unrequited love from the boy + ensemble cast + mutual salvation + sweet, wholesome romance] Everyone says Zhou Jinye of No. 7 Middle School is a weirdo. He's smart and handsome, but keeps to himself, is always getting hurt, and goes to every parent-teacher meeting alone. Until a little shadow starts following him around: Xia Wuhao. “Zhou Jinye, stop getting hurt. It breaks my heart.” “Zhou Jinye, come over to my place for dinner tonight.” “Zhou Jinye, stop being a coward and secretly crushing on me. I give you permission to love me openly and offer yourself up.” Later, the boy who never smiled always had dimples at the corners of his mouth. At last, he had a home. - When they first started college, they were in different majors and lived in dorms far apart. Zhou Jinye was waiting downstairs with breakfast for Xia Wuhao when he heard two boys bashfully dreaming aloud: “Junior Wuhao is so sweet. If I went after her, do you think she'd agree to be my girlfriend?” At that, Zhou Jinye glanced at them unobtrusively. When Xia Wuhao finally came downstairs, he didn't reach for her hand like he usually did. He just said in a low, brooding voice: “Kiss me.” Xia Wuhao looked baffled, but she indulged him and did exactly that. Seeing the quick, light kiss, the two boys were speechless: “...” As they passed the boys, Zhou Jinye drawled, “Give up. She's my wife.” The boys' eyes widened: “...” Zhou Jinye added, “Our families have already met.” The two boys: Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Xia Wuhao: “...”