The Multiple-Choice Question of a Secret Crush

[Bittersweet youth romance + mutual secret crush + bad ending]

In high school, Xie Qingyi was given an extremely humiliating nickname by her classmates because of her skin color. Insecurity wrapped around her tightly, dragging her into an abyss.

Then the boy arrived, like warm sunshine after winter, shining into her heart. The first shoots of her secret crush took root and began to grow.

She studied hard, just to get a little closer to him.

After graduating from high school, Xie Qingyi gave herself two choices: take a step forward and leave the bitterness behind, or step back and fall into an abyss of regret.

Cowardly, she chose to step back. She didn’t want to risk breaking the bond of friendship; who knew whether they could still be friends after a rejection?

The boy bravely chose to take a step forward. That night, the two of them talked about many things. She said, “When I’m prettier, I’ll confess to you properly.”

As time went on, the boy gradually stopped chatting as much and no longer messaged her first. Eventually, he stopped replying altogether.

When they met again, they were strangers.

The old folks say that if you dream about someone you haven’t seen in a long time, it means that person is forgetting you.

May the mountains be high and the waters far between us, and may we never meet again.

I give you jasmine, and hope you’ll never leave.

Note: This secret-crush story incorporates half of the author’s own experiences and love story.