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1998, The eve of the end of the century.
A southern child moved into the family home of Beijing Normal University. His clothes were outdated, his accent was lame, and his appearance was ordinary. His only pair of eyes was full of shy but determined vitality.
This is Xu Xiaoning.
But Yuan Qi, a young man who lives across the door, seems like two sides of the same person. He has a superior family background, good looks, and is humorous. He is recognized as the king of children in the compound, and is recognized by everyone in the circle as the proud son of heaven.
When later people talked about them, they only said that they were classmates for three years and neighbors across the street, but they had only a superficial acquaintance.
No one knows that in those wasted years, they slept side by side on the spring bed in the family home, shared a piece of red watermelon together, and watched obscure gay movie CDs together at night... Such ambiguous nights were lost in trivial time and long alleys as Yuan Qi left without saying goodbye.
In 2006, Yuan Qi, who was far away in California, received an email signed by a number he did not know.
No signature, no reason, just an old photo - the face he loved when he was young.
There is another line:
"Yuan Qi, this is the sixth year that I have liked you."
"This year, I want to try loving others."
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Xu Xiaoning has done two extraordinary things in his life.
The first one was when he was desperate, he accepted the help from his aunt. When he was sixteen, he escaped from the family that betrayed him and lived in the family building of Beijing Normal University.
The second thing happened during the chaotic and hot summer after graduating from college, when the □□ mailbox was popular. He mustered up the courage to send the group photo to the other side of the ocean, and ended his long and secret secret love with his own hands with a farewell letter.
Both things were outrageous, but he never regretted it.
Until the end of the summer of 2009, when they reunited, Yuan Qi pressed him against the spring bed where he had been when he was a boy, and leaned into his ear, his voice hoarse and paranoid:
"I've wanted to do this since I was eighteen."
"Say it again, say you love me."
Xu Xiaoning closed his eyes.
If you go out of your way, go out of your way——
Getting what you want is the most important thing.
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Reading guide:
· Gentle and sensitive little sheep × Cynical and paranoid attack
· Growing a sweetheart → Two-way secret love → Missing → Reuniting → Chasing his wife in the crematorium
· The campus was slow in the early stage, but the reunion was sweet in the later stage
· HE, 1v1, double first love
Purpose: Life lies in self-destruction