[Two female leads + school life]
Chen Zhixia, 163 cm, 12/26 Jiang Zhi, 174 cm, 8/11
A Dream in the Mountains and Seas (I’m sorry, I never managed to say “I like you”)
Chen Zhixia is a model student. Her textbooks are neatly arranged, and her notes are as precise as print. She used to be strongly opposed to the idea of romance between girls.
That is, until Jiang Zhi, the school bully from the class below, transferred in and became her deskmate. She always left her uniform open and never wore it properly, skipped homework, slept through class, and got into fights outside school. But the person she cared about most was Chen Zhixia.
Jiang Zhi could never explain a lesson, but whenever Chen Zhixia was bullied, she was the first to rush to her defense. Even when Chen Zhixia nervously avoided her after Jiang Zhi confessed on the rooftop, Jiang Zhi continued to look after her in silence: slipping an umbrella into her schoolbag on rainy days and fending off boys who teased her. In the midst of that quiet tenderness, Chen Zhixia’s heart began to soften.
Then, without warning, Jiang Zhi failed to show up for PE. When Chen Zhixia returned to the classroom, she saw a note on Jiang Zhi’s desk: “Wait for me.”
Only after asking a teacher did she learn that Jiang Zhi had gotten into trouble and been ordered to take a leave of absence. Chen Zhixia stood frozen. By chance, she found a notebook inside Jiang Zhi’s desk.
There were no messy doodles in it, only page after page filled with the name “Chen Zhixia,” along with sketches of her profile and daily journal entries about her. Chen Zhixia’s heart gave a sudden lurch. From then on, she looked forward to Jiang Zhi’s return every single day.
But she didn’t know that Jiang Zhi’s family had already sent her abroad.
With mountains and rivers between them, they were destined to go their separate ways.
The moment when the heart beats wildly is the most deafening accompaniment of the crush. When the crush welcomes his/her spring, it is not that all hardships come with joy, but that withered trees come spring. This article is a bit sadistic, but the author makes up for it in the extra chapter.