Five Years of Gaokao, Three Years of Mock Exams: Deer and Dog

The day she reached up to ruffle his hair, his little tuft bobbed, and he never managed to tie it straight again.

The whole class was betting on when they’d get together.

No one knew the truth: she was the one who confessed first, and she was the one who proposed first, too.

All he could do was turn red at the ears and say, “Okay.”

The whole class shipped them, while the two of them were the last to catch on.

“Five years of exam prep, three years of practice tests, and you by my side for a lifetime.”

and a lifetime of you keeping me in line.

Youthful flirtation and push-and-pull, feelings they could never bring themselves to say aloud.

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