The Wutong Tree Couldn't Wait for Spring

[A cheerful, lively, sunny underachiever x a cold-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside top student]

[Sweet at first, then angsty | Bad ending | Mutual unrequited love]

I love you like a book that never closes,

Every line and every word holds a tenderness meant only for you.

In early autumn, twelve years ago, during our final year of high school,

Lin Shuyun accidentally wrote the wrong name on his award certificate. That mix-up tied together two people who would otherwise never have crossed paths.

After they became seatmates, she secretly wrote down the little things that happened between them on cards every night.

Under the magnolia tree, Lin Shuyun thought no one had heard her confession.

That early spring, Chen Yanci wore headphones with no music playing, quietly keeping her secret close to his heart.

They thought the climax of their story would be the college entrance exam, and the end would be a university in Nanjing, with plane-tree leaves swirling in the wind.

But the "ci" in "Chen Yanci" means farewell.

The plane trees still stand, but his heart is empty.

"In my heart, I've already spent the rest of my life with you."

At Chen Yanci's wedding,

"Dad, why isn't Uncle Chen smiling?"

"Uncle Chen is thinking about something important. He'll smile in a little while."

This book is dedicated to all the young loves that came to nothing,

and to the person

we once loved with all our might.

Theme: People who love each other cannot stay together