[Childhood Sweethearts | Secretly in Love with Her | Gentle Yet Sharp-Tongued x Sunny Girl | Two Top Students | Pure, Unbridled Romance]
Xu Xilu always thought she and Xu Siran had been nothing but friends since they were toddlers, but that was only what she thought.
Later, she finally noticed her heart beating faster and faster, but she still couldn't believe it. They knew each other too well. The word "love" felt like a ridiculous misunderstanding.
"This is bad, this is bad," she wailed. "Can childhood friends fall in love? That makes no sense!"
Everyone: "Come on, everyone in the world knows Xu Siran likes you!"
Xu Xilu fell silent.
Xu Siran got excited.
They still had a long road ahead, so they carried on with their unspoken understanding. Xu Siran stayed gentle and sharp-tongued, Xu Xilu stayed cheerful and carefree. Only sometimes, when their eyes met, the air would suddenly go still, and then they would wordlessly look away.
Only their hearts kept beating faster.
*
In midsummer, two identical admission letters were a long-planned confession.
Xu Xilu clutched her letter, dimples sinking deep as she looked up, eyes full of stars. "Xu Siran, when did you start liking me?"
Xu Siran took her hand. Light fell on the beauty mark beneath his eye as he leaned closer. "I don't know."
"Hm?"
"Maybe when you insisted I listen to you for the rest of my life; maybe the moment I said I'd marry you while we were playing house; or maybe as far back as the day our parents met."
"What about you?"
"Me? I don't know either."
"Maybe it was the moment I got used to having you around."
I secretly made a wish, waiting for the breeze to carry it gently to you.
