The Echo of a Secret Crush

[An introverted, sensitive girl × a sunny, cheerful boy]

[First love, devoted to each other, mutual pining becomes love, top students]

Xia Yuanshuang had been secretly in love with someone since middle school. The boy was so wonderful that she couldn't forget him, and in their third year of middle school, she studied as hard as she could to get into the same high school as him.

Hidden away in the corner of her drawer was a glass bottle filled with stars, holding the great secret of her girlhood.

Tonight, he said good night to me for the first time., 2021.9.1

"I am Frost, and the wish I make with my hands clasped is for him.", 2022.12.31

He and I are together., 2024.6.9

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On New Year's Eve, fireworks bloomed in brilliant colors against the dark sky. Beneath them, Xia Yuanshuang clasped her hands and made a wish: "I am Frost, and the wish I make with my hands clasped is for him."

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At the graduation party after the college entrance exam, everyone played a game.

The bottle spinning on the table stopped in front of Xu Linzhou. Amid the teasing, the boy drew a slip of paper. It read: Kiss the person on your left. The person sitting to his left was Xia Yuanshuang.

Everyone thought he would take a drink as punishment, but in full view of them all, the boy kissed the girl on the lips.

Everyone was stunned.

"A-Zhou, it's just a game. You don't have to take it that seriously."

"Besides, you two are just friends. Won't it be awkward between you later?"

The boy replied, "You left out two words. We're boyfriend and girlfriend."