[Blurb]
It wasn't the first time Song Zhizhi had seen the boy her older sister admired.
He was naturally outstanding, with none of the affected mischievousness of the people around him. He only had to lean casually to one side in his school uniform and smile carelessly with his head bowed to draw everyone's attention.
That was also when she realized she shouldn't have any more to do with him.
A misunderstanding.
Rumors spread everywhere, making two people who normally had nothing to do with each other sound like a couple.
Alone together, Song Zhizhi pressed her nails into her palm and forced herself to apologize softly. "I-I'm sorry."
"I'll, I'll clear things up as soon as I can."
Zhou Chiwang leaned against the wall, fiddling with a lighter before snapping it shut.
After a long pause, he turned his head, his voice teasing.
"Girlfriend?"
Bathed in moonlight, Song Zhizhi instinctively looked up.
He watched her for a moment, then suddenly looked away and asked coolly,
"You answered pretty quickly."
*
Song Zhizhi felt Zhou Chiwang hadn't taken their relationship very seriously.
When the day came for it to end, she too felt relieved. With sincere eyes, she told him she was sorry for putting him in a difficult position all this time.
He lowered his head and waited for her to finish, turning the lighter in his palm.
"A difficult position?"
After a long pause, he asked her just that.
Zhou Chiwang raised his head and looked at her. At last, he could no longer hold back his feelings, and they poured out of him. "Song Zhizhi, do you even have a heart?"
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Song Zhizhi had never known what kind of person Zhou Chiwang couldn't forget.
At last, one day, she caught a glimpse of the feelings he had harbored as a boy.
In an old, yellowed photograph, she spotted her own youthful figure at a glance. She was almost lost in the vast crowd, yet he alone had treasured the picture.
*Devoted bad boy x gentle slow-burn heroine / unrequited love from the male lead
Theme: Love should be spoken aloud
