[Grounded Realism | Ensemble Cast | Not a Power Fantasy | Chinese School Life]
"Liking each other... is a regret. A secret crush that’s never confessed is a tragedy..."
Shen Zhouming has been pursuing Liu Xuantong since their first year of high school.
Liu Xuantong is cool and accomplished, a name he keeps in his heart, afraid even to say it aloud lest he disturb her.
She bears the future abroad that her parents have arranged for her. He bears the inferiority left by his family.
One cannot stop; the other does not dare pursue.
They move closer at the slowest pace, neither ever saying what they feel, each thinking there will always be a tomorrow.
On the third day of the spring semester of their second year, the library was bright with sunshine.
Shen Zhouming lay with his head on the desk, looking as if he were asleep.
No goodbye, no confession, no future.
Later, Liu Xuantong finally guessed the truth.
They had liked each other all along.
But she would never hear him confirm it.
And he would never know that she had already won her freedom.
The breeze is gentle, the words are few, and the regret lasts a long time.
