The Early Days of Midsummer

[Secret Crush + Campus Youth + Contemporary Romance]

Also known as I Thought You Liked Me Too

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That summer was more intense than any before it. The girl’s neatly tied-up hair brushed against the boy’s heart, like gusts of wind leaving one mark after another.

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Lin Chuyu’s first meeting with Chao Nian ended in a fierce argument.

In Lin Chuyu’s youthful, inexperienced years, there was someone who quietly found a place in her heart. There was no romantic encounter, no love at first sight. They were only somewhat connected: classmates in the same class, neighbors next door. When did those feelings begin?

Perhaps they grew from nothing into something, from faint to deep. She could never put her finger on why she liked him, only that a quiet longing lingered.

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Whenever she made plans with the boy she secretly liked, Chao Nian would coincidentally appear in front of them.

Whenever an upperclassman confessed to her, Chao Nian always did something that made everyone else back off.

Finally, one day, she couldn’t take it anymore. She said to him earnestly, “Chao Nian, because of you, all my romantic prospects have disappeared. What exactly are you trying to do?”

He chuckled softly, his smile a little bitter.

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“I almost reached the moon, but unfortunately… dawn came.”

“His love for her was the hardest secret to confess in the height of summer.”

Chao Nian confessed in every glance he cast at Lin Chuyu.

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When iodine meets vitamin C, one gives everything, the other seems unmoved.

But though vitamin C appears indifferent, its heart has long been full of iodine.

Early Summer, Chuyu