Shi Xiao × Lin Xia
[A puppy whose aloof heartthrob persona is falling apart × a fox pretending to be a scheming mastermind]
When Shi Xiao started his first year of high school, his looks had girls digging up every detail about him. The consensus was that he came from a good family, got good grades, and was handsome. He shot to fame overnight and became the school's newest heartthrob.
Later, everyone learned what Shi Xiao was like when he summed up his attitude in three words: “Don't bother me.”
Then, in his final year, a transfer student arrived. He went from “Don't bother me” to “Could you please bother me?”
In the height of summer, Lin Xia, who struggled with certain subjects, had the boy explain the same problems to her again and again. The girl blinked and looked at her deskmate. “Do I get a reward for getting the answer right?”
“What kind of reward do you want?”
“Can I kiss the mole under the corner of your eye?”
One second, two seconds…
The boy's Adam's apple bobbed. Half laughing in exasperation, he said, “Lin, do you even know how to spell ‘shameless’?”
The girl blinked at him and replied with a perfectly serious expression, “Of course I do. I'm just not embarrassed.”
He fell silent again. He didn't answer.
Several houses along the street had hibiscus planted beside their courtyards. The flowers were in full bloom, and their faint fragrance drifted into his nose.
The feelings in the boy's heart quietly began to sprout in the height of summer, all because of a girl named Lin Xia.
Lin Xia… approaching summer. He thought he would remember the joy of that moment forever.
Because he met you, even the dull summer was filled with cicadas.
