Zhang Ying spent the entire three years of high school falling in love with Yang Jian. That kind of love was blatant, well-known to everyone, and had the indifference typical of a seventeen-year-old. The whole class knew that she liked him. She gave him everything she could in her youth by handing him love letters, bringing him breakfast, and waiting until dark on the playground. Before graduation, he declined her. She smiled and said it didn't matter, turned around and deleted all contact information, vowing never to be stupid again.
Four years later, she met him by chance at the gate of Jiangnan University of Technology, where he was studying for graduate school. When that familiar figure came into view, she thought she was already invulnerable, but her heartbeat did not lie. He became calmer and still didn't talk much, but he always did things that confused her unintentionally - drinking the water she drank, saying "Long time no see" in the elevator, and frequently appearing in the archives where she worked. She told herself it was just a coincidence, but every time we looked at each other it was like asking the same question: Did you ever like me back then?
When the truth was revealed bit by bit, she discovered that what she thought was "wishful thinking" all those years ago had secrets she didn't know about.
