A supercharged firefighter × a cool, gentle fortune-telling student with a soft personality
Five-year age gap, her secret crush comes true
Xu Ran was just an ordinary first-year graduate student.
In her final year of undergraduate studies,
she never expected to meet Chen Jingqing again,
much less to form a deeper bond with him.
She tutored his younger brother at his home, and he walked her back. She was overjoyed, but didn't dare let it show too much.
When she worked as a class assistant at school, she embarrassed herself in front of him by holding a fire extinguisher upside down.
When she visited a scenic area on New Year's Day, he was on duty, and she mustered the courage to bring him a hand warmer.
During her last tutoring session, she learned from his younger brother about his childhood sweetheart.
"A secret crush is one person's private war."
And just like that, the troops dispersed.
All the courage Xu Ran had gathered
vanished in an instant.
Xu Ran stopped going out of her way to get close to Chen Jingqing.
That afternoon, a gentle breeze stirred and cicadas chirped.
Chen Jingqing seized the chance to find her,
like someone catching a rabbit on the hop,
and held her tight.
He whispered in her ear,
"But I've already fallen for you, silly girl."
Xu Ran never expected that one person's secret crush
could eventually reach its conclusion.
Just like the breeze drifting by,
and leaves rustling,
there would surely be an answer.
