Blossoming in Midsummer

[Redemption × Mutual Secret Crushes × Angsty School Romance]

A sweet, soft top student with a surprising side × a roguishly handsome, jealous boy

The sun and the moon can never share the same parallel line. Ji Yu’s little moon stayed forever at sixteen.

Cicadas buzzed incessantly, the wobbly fan creaked, and the stuffy classroom reeked of sweat. Every summer seemed to be the same, but this year was different, because there was someone in his heart he wanted to protect.

Ji Yu: “Chi Sui, I’m sorry to make you be my dance partner.”

Chi Sui: “It’s fine.”

Ji Yu: “Chi Sui, you didn’t come to school today.”

Chi Sui: “I’m sick.”

Ji Yu: “You don’t believe what they said, do you?”

Chi Sui: “No. I don’t think you’re the kind of people they say you are.”

Ji Yu: “How do you pronounce this word?”

Chi Sui: “Cosini.”

An Irish word for a heart-fluttering moment

…

Look up. The sun hangs high in the sky, surrounded by clouds. Maybe the moon will rise soon, and the sun will set before long.

…

Lin Qi would never know that someone loved him very, very much. The boy who would do anything for him feared nothing except Lin Qi finding out how he felt and refusing to speak to him.

Song Yunzhou, stop avoiding me.