[Angsty Childhood Sweethearts]

[Heaven’s favorite, quietly devoted Liang Yun × sunny girl, steadfast and healing Xia Zhixi]

[Childhood friends × mutual secret crush × reunited after a breakup × bittersweet romance]

Liang Yun’s childhood was measured out with meticulous precision. His father, Liang Ye, was intensely controlling, dictating his schedule and friendships, and even calling his friends “a bunch of no-good buddies” in front of everyone. His mother, Wen Lan, was gentle to outsiders but extremely strict with him. He was like a damp, run-down little house that never saw the sun, locking every emotion away and showing the world only a perfect yet distant facade.

Then he met Xia Zhixi. She was the beloved eldest daughter of the Xia family. Her father wanted only for her to be happy and safe, and her mother always made time to be with her, no matter how busy she was. Raised in an environment filled with love and respect, she grew into a little sun: a top student with friends everywhere, always sharing her warmth with those around her.

Xia Zhixi first noticed Liang Yun at a parents’ meeting in third grade.

That day, he wore an ill-fitting shirt and kept his head down through the entire class, his fingers clenched until they turned white. When the bell rang, everyone rushed out in a crowd, but he remained seated, like a little iceberg forgotten by the world.

She walked over with a handful of orange gummies and gently set them on the corner of his desk. Her eyes curved into crescent moons. “Liang Yun, these are for you. Candy makes you feel better.”

They were classmates every year from elementary school onward. Liang Yun quietly watched her shine, while Xia Zhixi would sneak gummies onto the corner of his desk and say, “Candy makes you feel better.” He was a damp, run-down little house, and she was the only one willing to let her light shine through the crack in the door.

She didn’t know that the light she gave off had already slipped into his little house, which had never seen the sun.