Apple, Apple

[Comic artist x top-tier star singer]

[Cheerful, optimistic sweetheart x cool guy with mild psychological issues]

The new singer He Ye, hailed as a genius, swept up all the major Chinese-language music awards as soon as he debuted. With a face more handsome than the top-tier boy band stars, he was riding high.

But he was low-key and aloof, never posting on Weibo or attending award ceremonies.

His fans wished and hoped, but couldn't get so much as a punctuation mark from their idol.

Then one day, his studio suddenly announced an album titled "🍎".

It had only three songs: "Telephone," "Ocean," and "Me."

The news caused a sensation, and the album quickly shot to the top of the charts, but nobody knew what it meant.

*

An apple is the most boring fruit in the produce aisle, and it's also Jiang Fubao's nickname.

After her client chose the first proposal, despite making her revise it ten times, she finally couldn't take it anymore! She was forced to quit after replying to the client with a period…

On a rainy day, Jiang Fubao was laid off and forgot her umbrella, so she walked home in the rain. Someone was standing outside the door of her tiny rental apartment.

The person was tall and long-legged, with an air of nobility and cool detachment. His voice was calm and mild. "Apple."

Jiang Fubao stood there stunned for a long moment. "...Huh?"

In the dim light, He Ye lowered his long lashes. His slender fingers gently brushed the loose hair by the girl's cheek, and his voice was low and soft. "I'm standing on a bigger stage now."

"Do you still... remember me?"

*

The year he studied abroad, He Ye sang at a bar and shared a basement with other people at night.

Business was slow, and every night he would see a girl.

She always came alone and left alone, carrying a drawing board wider than she was.

When the show was over, she left behind an apple-flavored throat lozenge.

One more snowy night, the boy with the guitar on his back turned off the lights and walked out of the alley.

The light cast a deep shadow across his sharply defined profile, and at the alley's entrance he saw that girl again.

Snow dusted her long lashes as she spoke softly. "I'm going back home tomorrow, so I won't be able to come listen to you sing anymore."

"You sing so beautifully. You're sure to stand on a bigger stage one day! Don't forget me when you do."

The air fell silent for a long time. He Ye asked her name for the first time.

"Apple," the girl said with a smile, her eyes curved and her clear, gentle almond eyes shining. "My name is Apple."

"I hope you have a bright future!"

*

Winter in London was cold and rainy. One person's name covered the little glass window fogged with mist.

"Apple Apple Apple"

Telephone, Ocean, and Me: translated into English and read backwards, it sounds like "I love you" in Japanese.

["Telephone, Ocean, and Me" is translated into English and read backwards, making it sound similar to "I love you" in Japanese.] Source: Detective Conan

1. The blurb and title may change before the story begins, but the premise stays the same.

2. The male lead has a secret crush, and he has mild psychological issues.

3. I remembered that quote the first time I read it and thought it was so romantic. After thinking it over, I decided to include it in the blurb I've been wanting to write ovo

4. I'll add more if I think of anything~

Archived May 29, 2026, screenshot saved

Purpose: How far can a dream take you?