Campus | SC | 1v1 | HE | Unrequited love
Five years of secret love, reunited and living under one roof
Gentle, honest, well-behaved girl x aloof, bold, secretly adorable cold-faced boy
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Unrequited love is bittersweet. Meng Jin never took that to heart, until she met Chi Yuzhou.
The first time she saw him was on a muggy, sweltering afternoon during military training.
Meng Jin stood outside a classroom with her books in her arms, waiting for someone.
Amid the clamor, she lifted her eyes and unexpectedly met his cool gaze, partly shaded by a camouflage cap.
The hot summer breeze brushed the hair beside her cheek, and her heartbeat suddenly went out of rhythm.
Chi Yuzhou was handsome and refined, with excellent grades. He was the object of conversation and admiration for most of the girls.
In Meng Jin's eyes, Chi Yuzhou was a green plum hanging high above her, perfect and beautiful, impossible to pick.
Until one day, Meng Jin realized she was wrong.
Under the dim yellow streetlights, the boy's tall figure stretched out long across the ground.
His school uniform was draped over the arm of the girl beside him as the two leaned close and whispered together.
For the first time, the girl experiencing unrequited love tasted the bitter, sour flavor of green plums.
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Meng Jin met Chi Yuzhou again at a birthday party for a friend they had in common.
In the dim private room, the boy sat quietly against the sofa.
Their gazes met from across the room. She had traced those cool, handsome features in her dreams countless times.
She had never imagined she would meet Chi Yuzhou again, much less that they would have anything to do with each other.
Later, they were both invited back to their high school as distinguished graduates.
Meng Jin was surrounded by enthusiastic students asking questions. One student even dared to speak up while the teacher was away.
"Senior, did you have a crush on anyone in high school?"
Meng Jin instinctively looked outside the classroom.
Chi Yuzhou stood quietly against the hallway railing, his dark, glossy gaze lost among the crowd.
She finally looked away, suppressing the ache in her heart, and smiled.
"I did, but it's in the past now."
She thought it was just a little moment, but in the empty stairwell, a clean, fresh scent soon cornered her at the landing.
Chi Yuzhou braced one long arm against the wall, easily trapping Meng Jin in his embrace. His hot breath brushed her ear.
His voice was low, and his words carried a hint of pleading, as though begging for her affection.
"Meng Jin, could you try liking me again?"
At that moment, the green plum that had hung high above them for so many years finally ripened.
Reader's guide:
1. High school and college sections, in that order. Purely a school romance.
2. The male lead has no sexual history, and this is both leads' first love. [Important]
Theme: Unrequited love becoming reality
