Whenever My Heart Starts to Flutter, She Takes Half a Step Back

Keywords: dual female leads / older woman and younger woman / slow-burn tension / prickly on the outside, soft on the inside / emotionally intense everyday life / slice of life

For readers who enjoy: secret crushes / romance that unfolds slowly / down-to-earth relationships / two slow-burn, stubborn women

A catlike boss born in the ’90s × a puppyish college student born in the ’00s. Everyday warmth and finely woven emotions.

Shen Xingye is summer, the sea breeze, and a youth that is bold and carefree.

Lin Shen is winter, the night, and a quiet that seems to stretch endlessly.

She always takes half a step back just when my heart begins to race.

But that’s all right. I’ll wait for her to come back, one step at a time.

Mutual devotion is never love at first sight. It means drawing closer again and again after each heart-racing moment.