Gu Xinglang (attack) × Song Qi (receiver)
The bell had just ringed at Yuncheng No. 2 Primary School. Song Qi, from Class 4 and 5, was squatting by the playground, using stones to draw unnoticed lines on the dirt. Several senior boys gathered around him, and their harsh words hit him like stones. He tightened his grip on the stone in his hand, and when he was about to resist, a figure half a head shorter than him rushed over, grabbed his wrist, and pulled him staggering across the playground.
The boy's name is Gu Xinglang, who is in Class 2, Grade 4.
Since then, they have become inseparable brothers. Song Qi would give Gu Xinglang the sweets he had secretly hidden, would accompany him silently when he was scolded by his father, and would follow him on the same road every morning and evening.
But only Song Qi himself knew that what he hid under the identity of "brother" was a secret love that he never dared to express openly. He looked at Gu Xinglang's dazzling smile and listened to him telling everyone, "This is my best brother." The thoughts in his heart were like paper wetted by rain, which shattered after being gently rubbed.
He didn't want to just be Gu Xinglang's brother.
But he didn't dare to say it.
Purpose: To explore the struggle and growth of adolescent boys in the boundary between identity and emotion.