You on the Other End of the Line

[Cool, Coy Good Girl vs. Dazzling, Unrestrained Dance Student]

Lin Shuyue was the typical child everyone else's parents wished they had: obedient, easy to look after, and known by everyone as a good girl.

School, school, and more school.

She followed the same well-worn path, living a life as still and uneventful as stagnant water.

Then, at eighteen, she did something huge:

She fell in love online.

And the other person was a girl.

They were a thousand kilometers apart. They had never met or even held hands. Their only connection was a cold, impersonal payphone on campus.

And yet she loved her more than anything.

Everyone said they wouldn't last. A bond formed online was too fragile; the slightest storm would shatter it into pieces.

But later...

In a narrow old stone lane under a fine drizzle, two tall, slender figures held each other close in a corner. Lin Shuyue felt warmth against her neck, her breath trembling faintly. She looked up, and in her dark eyes was reflected a face filled with tenderness and affection.

The other girl smiled and gently kissed her trembling eyelashes. Then she asked:

"Big sister, do you love me?"

--This story is based on real events.

Reading Guide:

1. This is a relatively short novel, around 100,000 words.

Theme: The unrestrained brilliance of youth