South Branch Longs for the Sun

(Complete) [College campus + unrequited love becomes mutual + cozy, slow-burn romance + healing and sweet] [Reserved, insecure, resilient good girl + refined, elegant golden boy] The first time Cheng Nanzhi saw Jiang Xiangyang, he stepped forward and stood in front of her. For the next six years, she filled her diaries with everything she felt about him. * In their seventh year, they meet again at university, and their parallel lines finally cross. He says, “I've realized you make me feel... something strange.” She asks, “...What kind of feeling?” He replies, “Can I call it the feeling of wishing we'd met sooner?” * They become the closest of friends, but behind that understanding lies six years of carefully planned devotion on her part. Then one day, an accident leads Jiang Xiangyang to open her diary. The first line speaks of a young girl's secret feelings. “How can I get the boy I like to look at me one more time?” Every page after that is filled with little details of his daily life. It turns out that in all the time he never knew about, she had already loved him countless times. * “So you've cast such a wide net, and now I've ‘fallen right into it.’ Aren't you going to reel me in?” At last, the star she once chased as a girl willingly falls into her hands. Cheng Nanzhi bravely confesses the love she has kept hidden throughout her youth. “Jiang Xiangyang, I like you.” “You're the person I've had a crush on all this time. I wanted to tell you that I like you.” “Cheng Nanzhi, what should I do? I like you, too.” [Love is a belief in perfect timing and fate, and I am your faithful believer.] A note for readers: I hope you'll take your time and savor this story. It's mostly set on campus, with only a little of the city life.