Cicadas have sung in the old alley for more than a decade.
Lu Yuyang's sketchbook is filled with drawings of the same girl.
Chen Ning's diary is filled with words about the same boy.
They grew up together, childhood sweethearts,
and each other's secret longing for half their lives.
He shielded her from wind and rain; she knitted him a scarf.
With countless “I just happened to be passing by,”
they hid the same words: “I love you.”
No one knew
that every physics formula he wrote was about her,
and every line of her writing was about him.
Until the night by the sea after graduation, when drink shattered their disguises.
Chen Ning, eyes red, said, “I've loved you for so many years.”
Lu Yuyang held her close, his voice trembling.
“Funny, so have I.”
Mutual pining | Childhood sweethearts | Sweet from beginning to end, no angst
Turns out the wind knew, the orange candy knew, the old alley knew.
Only the two of us pretended not to.
Theme: Companionship
