[Gentle, Proud, Broken Boy x Cheerful, Forward Sweetheart | Childhood Friends | Parallel Worlds]
Chen Qingfei x Xu Jingshuo
Side couple: Xu Muyun x Xie Yang
Crushed by academic pressure, Lin Xiaomu faints with a high fever on a bus and falls into a dream so vivid it feels real.
In the dream, she is Chen Qingfei, and her memories return to her younger days.
As children, they grew up together by the river, crouching on the bank to pick out pretty stones.
Xu Jingshuo was a broken boy, covered in scars. His mother often lost control and flew into a rage, and little Chen Qingfei would stand in front of him to protect him.
Later, a family upheaval forced him to go overseas, and the two were separated.
Years later, they meet again at school in their second year of high school.
After all those years apart, the boy has lost his childishness. He is slender and handsome, his long lashes lowered to conceal the countless emotions roiling in his eyes. He is overjoyed to see her, but then sees her tangled up with someone else.
"Why are you dating him?"
"Don't see him anymore."
Drawn to each other, Chen Qingfei is always teasing him. Xu Jingshuo gazes at the girl's mischievous face, cups it in his hands, and makes her accept his tender, lingering kiss. Chen Qingfei will think twice before teasing him again.
Years of loneliness and longing are hidden in their hearts. Amid the quiet routine of school life, old feelings slowly awaken, and their hearts draw close once more.
