Love Was Never Returned

My childhood sweetheart locked me in the basement so the transfer student could win the competition and secure an early admission offer. After he let me out, he said casually, "Shiqing wants to go to Jing University with me." "Winning the competition is the only way to get an early admission offer." But he forgot. He'd once said he wanted me to go to Jing University with him, too. Later, when he saw the admission letter in my hands, his face crumpled. "Didn't you promise you'd go to Jing University with me?" 1 I stepped out of the cramped, pitch-black basement storage room. Moonlight filtered through the window into the hallway, falling across Zhou Yanli's profile. My eyes, dry from crying, began to...