Unrequited Love

[Complete. The series' next book, Girls' School and Boys' School, is now available.]

"A first love is the first time in your life you fall for someone without expecting anything in return."

Blurb One

The summer she was seventeen, Wen Miao had a huge fight with her older brother.

She shoved open his bedroom door and threatened, "If you don't apologize, I'm not going to be your sister anymore!"

As she stood there in tears, she saw a stranger's face.

The man wore a simple gray hoodie and leaned casually against the desk. He pulled a tissue from the box on the table, raised his charming eyes, and drawled lazily:

"Then... I'm sorry?"

At that moment, the noisy world suddenly fell silent.

Her dream older brother had really appeared.

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The whole summer, a man named Xie Jingyun stayed at her house.

When she got heatstroke, he brought her medicine. When she ran away from home, he tracked her down. Even the out-of-print manga she'd mentioned in passing appeared by her bed the next day.

He took care of her in every way, down to the smallest detail.

Wen Miao thought perhaps these were signs she was falling for him.

So, on the last day before she came of age, she stopped him outside the courtyard and confessed. All she got in response was:

"Sorry. I don't want to ruin my relationship with your brother."

Taking back your feelings isn't hard. The hard part is pretending you never had them.

So she immediately tucked away her misplaced teenage crush and quietly cut off all contact.

Years later, they reunited abroad. An unusually heavy snowfall trapped the touring orchestra.

The hotel manager was arrogant and made things difficult for them at every turn. The others in the group exchanged glances and chose to put up with it. Furious, Wen Miao grabbed her instrument case and prepared to take on all five of them.

But the moment she took her first step, a hand reached around from behind, firmly wrapping around her waist and pulling her back in front of him.

The man wiped away the tear that had somehow slipped from the corner of her eye with his cool fingertip. Looking at her frozen in place, he lowered his eyes and chuckled softly:

"Wen Miao."

"How is it that after all these years, you still cry every time you see me?"

Blurb Two

After their reunion, Wen Miao resolved not to make the same mistake twice. She dutifully put on her little "brother and sister" name tag and stuck to her rules every day: don't greet him when they meet, don't talk for more than three sentences, and never message him first.

At a dinner party, her friends teased her about introducing her to a gentle older student. Wen Miao caught sight of a figure in the corner of her eye and thought this was the perfect chance to draw a clear line. She immediately pulled out her phone. "Sure, let's exchange contact information."

Clear logic, decisive action. She thought she was doing great.

Then that very night, the man who had said the two of them would never have a chance pinned her against the passenger seat, his voice low and husky as he coaxed her to open her mouth.

Dizzy from the alcohol and his kisses, Wen Miao could only manage one nasal-sounding complaint: "You have no shame."

In the dark, Xie Jingyun drew out the last syllable and kissed her damp eyelashes.

"That's right. Your big brother has no shame."

Bonus Scene=

One day, Xie Jingyun was helping his girlfriend move when he unexpectedly found an old Nokia phone, coated in dust, at the very back of a drawer.

The drafts folder was packed with unsent messages.

[It's raining today. Did you bring an umbrella?]

[Actually, I wasn't asking for an answer that day outside the courtyard.]

[I just wanted to tell you that seventeen-year-old Wen Miao really liked you.]

The final message was saved on the night of her first concert.

[I hope the people you meet from now on are all braver than I am.]

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Five years later, Wen Miao's Nokia received a new message.

It came from the only number saved in her contacts.

[No need to wait for someone you'll meet someday.]

[He met you a long time ago.]

You are the bravest person in the world.

[Reader Advisory | Content Notes]

1. One-on-one romance, both leads are sexually inexperienced, bittersweet everyday romance, with a secret crush but no self-abasement.

2. Do not attack the heroine. She's not perfect, but she's the best little girl in the world. Author's discretion.

3. Four-year age gap, lots of back-and-forth, and they don't officially get together until much later. The hero waits for the heroine to give their relationship a name. He's shameless because he's been a virgin for too long, so have some sympathy.

4. All the story's elements revolve around the heroine's growth.

5. Blurb screenshot dated November 2, 2025.

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