Daylight Shines on Youth

"Xia Jusong preserved his youth, keeping it fresh."

Warm on the outside, cold and sharp-tongued, secretly flirtatious, scheming tea type, gong (Lin Qingyin) x strong fighter, straightforward, cool-faced cutie, shou (Xia Jusong)

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Xia Jusong loves plants and animals. After rescuing stray cats, he became famous at school. Combined with his sunny, handsome looks, he dethroned the top-ranked campus heartthrob and became the new one.

Not long afterward, Xia Jusong was publicly reprimanded for fighting. Rumor had it that his opponent was the former campus heartthrob, Lin Qingyin.

The classmates, constantly switching sides: "The battle for campus heartthrob has always been like this!"

Lin Qingyin, the former top-ranked campus heartthrob, was troubled by someone repeatedly taking candid photos of him and selling them. He noticed an unfamiliar boy at school, Xia Jusong, appearing around him from time to time, always carrying a camera.

Lin Qingyin: There must be an antidote within three steps.

Just as he thought he was about to catch the culprit, a love letter Xia Jusong had written to him was posted on the school bulletin board.

Lin Qingyin: Huh?

The students avidly voting in the campus heartthrob poll: ? Wow

Rivals are rivals... rivals could never... (thinking)

Not long afterward, Lin Qingyin cornered Xia Jusong by a high wall at a turn and asked with a smile, "Can I kiss you?"

Xia Jusong dodged and glared at him. "No."

Lin Qingyin: Crying.jpg

Xia Jusong: Confused.jpg Helpless.jpg (Fine.)

Their friends: ? Worldview being rebuilt!

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"Why does our Chinese teacher always talk about Cao Zhi? What's there to talk about? Can class just end already?" the students complained.

From the path beneath the treetops, Lin Qingyin saw Xia Jusong below, his eyes bright with laughter. A splash of sunlight suddenly spilled over him.

He suddenly understood Cao Zhi's poem.

Sunlight burst beside his ears, and Xia Jusong walked past him.

In high school, Xia Jusong only had a hazy grasp of what he was learning, but he loved the excerpts assigned by his Chinese teacher:

"The subtext of the spirit of Apollo is: Even if life is a dream, we should dream it with relish, without losing the charm and joy of dreaming. The subtext of the spirit of Dionysus is: Even if life is a tragedy, we should perform it with passion, without losing the grandeur and catharsis of tragedy."

Before graduation, he looked at this passage as if it were a sunlit stretch of golden sand in life. Many years later, when he found his notebook of excerpts and read those words again, he was glad they still made him feel as he had when he was young.

A secretly mischievous bad boy gong x an openly earnest, high-minded shou

| Just as the title says, this is a coming-of-age story. "Youth" can mean spring, or the young stage of life. The title draws on both meanings.

○ "The sun god shines on youth; a timely rain stills the flying dust." From Cao Zhi's poem, "Poem Written While Attending the Crown Prince"

○ The one with a crush gets pursued in return. At heart: devoted guy gong x devoted guy shou (?

○ Two campus heartthrobs, a funny, sweet school story, and an uplifting coming-of-age tale (not really). Includes adorable pets and animals. Both are each other's first love.

○ Pure love, 1v1, happy ending. No pairing changes or reversals.

○ Busy with real life, irregular updates.

Theme: When you're young, you don't yet know the taste of sorrow. Youth is meant to soar.