[Reunion After Years Apart + Mutual Secret Crushes + Happy Ending]
In high school, Song Shiyun was an elegant, handsome boy, as bright and clear as the moon after rain. Everyone liked him.
Ming Xi was no exception. She loved him, a boy whose world was as far above hers as heaven from earth.
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I always hoped there would be someone like you: like the crisp, open-hearted breeze on a mountain morning; like the warm, bright sun in the stillness of the afternoon; like the lonely, luminous moon hanging high in the night sky.
When we were young, I wanted so badly to tell you I loved you, then walk beside you through the blue-stone alleys, watching smoke rise between the roof tiles and listening to bells echo through the dusk.
Along the way, I met so many people, but among the countless faces, not one of them was you.
But then, one sunlit afternoon, you stood beneath the old locust tree, held out your hand, and said, “Come on. Let’s go on a date with time.”
When we were young, boys probably couldn’t understand love.
But now...
If you asked me what love is, I’d say:
Love is the soft ends of your hair falling over the pages in the morning light, and the springtime glow that spreads across your face when you laugh;
Love is the way your eyes suddenly redden when, amid a surging crowd, they meet mine alone;
Love is feeling for you after all life has put you through, and loving how resilient, vibrant, and passionate you remain.
