A Bitter-Sweet Mint Candy

【Gifted young man × bright, resilient girl】【A girl's secret feelings】【Bittersweet】【Pure love】【Happy ending】 One summer when she was sixteen, Song Ningli brushed past a boy in white wearing headphones on a Shanghai street. All she remembered was his refreshing scent of mint. When she started high school, she was astonished to discover that Xu Yunzhou, the mint-scented boy, had become her classmate. He was always ranked first, distant and accomplished, and always carried a fresh mint scent. From bickering classmates who couldn't stand each other, to an unexpected source of comfort at the sports meet, from the long wait after he left without a word, to their reunion in Shanghai years later. Only then did Song Ningli realize that some feelings were like mint candy: cool at first, but with a lingering aftertaste. And when Xu Yunzhou finally said, “Be my girlfriend,” she realized that the secret crush that began with the scent of mint one summer had long since seeped into every corner of their youth...