Am I a Coward? Well, I Don’t Want to Be One Anymore

People say, “Youth shines bright and overflows with passion.” But is that what youth is really like? Real youth is full of regrets. The boy was sure of it. He had watched other people fail, so as long as he didn’t confess, he would never make a fool of himself. As a “goblin,” he feared other people’s eager advances, yet longed for warmth. He didn’t dare get close to her, and he didn’t dare confess. That was, until the eve of the college entrance exam. A short-haired girl said to Su Yiyang, “Are you really going to be a coward? You’ve liked her for seven years, and there are only three months left until the exam. Are you sure you want to leave your youth with regrets?” Hesitation showed on the boy’s face, but he still didn’t answer. “Fine. Keep being a coward forever.” The girl left those words behind and stormed off. Before the graduation ceremony, the boy wrote in his diary: A coward? I don’t want to be one anymore. “I like you. Will you be my girlfriend?”