Riding a Paper Kite

[Gifted but insecure idealist fainting-goat & lonely capybara who seems born under a lucky star]

[Traditional kite artisan & drone developer]

-From secretly watching you to standing by your side.

-All those thoughts about my unrequited love flew far away on a kite.

After graduating from Jingmei, Yin Xumian resolutely gave up the chance to stay at a major tech company and spent two months working at a milk tea and coffee shop.

Once she had calmed down, she returned to her hometown, shut herself away, and created a partnership with Yun Sun.

Fate gave her a surprise: Yun Sun's boss was the person she had secretly loved for eight years.

Then fate gave her a shock: Yun Sun's boss already had someone he was interested in.

Emotional memories from youth leave a deep mark on the heart, even when the person who made that mark knows nothing about it.

On the evening of December 31, Shen Yuyao was in the private dining room at a reunion dinner. Outside, Yin Xumian was cornered by a middle-school classmate who had once recorded her at her most miserable.

A meeting under a new identity, nearly three hours spent getting ready, and then, before they even met, the most unimaginable scene unfolded. That was the shock.

She stepped into the private room and, with nothing left to lose, brought up their first encounter in the cafeteria and the person she had loved in secret for eight years.

She wanted him to remember her, but not the face of the girl who used to be called "Fatty."

But he said, "Just because of that, you've liked him since your first year of high school?"

Her wish came true in an unexpected way: he didn't remember her, so he wouldn't remember her face either.

But on this New Year's Eve, the year about to end was determined to close with another surprise. This time, though, the surprise came after the shock.

Yin Xumian never expected Jiang Qi's words to come true:

"What if the person he likes happens to be you?"

Yin Xumian used to think the "Yao" in Shen Yuyao meant "out of reach."

Later, she realized it meant "a future within reach."

Her kite soared into the clouds, and the person she'd secretly loved since she was fifteen landed in her arms.

Content warning: The author has no professional background, and the story includes fictional settings invented for this work. There is a very small amount of BL content. It is neither part of the main plot nor a subplot. Readers who aren't sensitive to it may not mind, but those who are sensitive or consider it a trigger may feel uncomfortable, so please take care.

Theme: A traditional kite artisan combines kite design with drone innovation, bringing a declining kite market back to life. Traditional kite designs become aircraft liveries, and kites fly around the world. Even if the road to realizing a dream is full of hardships, keep moving forward with determination. Let dreams become reality, and make what you long for more than just a wish.