My Parent's Signature Turned Out to Be Personally Signed by My Favorite Idol

[Sweet Romance] [Unrequited Love] [Mutual Devotion]

Gentle, approachable teacher at a prestigious high school, Lin Yu Xia, x cool on the outside, smoldering underneath, scheming author, Zhou Jiu Nian

Lin Yu Xia was the famously kindhearted Chinese teacher at Nancheng No. 123 High School. A graduate student from Peking University, a rising star in provincial education, a middle school senior teacher promoted ahead of schedule, and a gold medalist in a teaching skills competition, his future was so bright it dazzled everyone.

After one class of students graduated, the school assigned him to be homeroom teacher of its worst class. Every day, the moment he opened his eyes, he was collecting apology letters.

"Have your parents sign it when you're done."

The next day, he stared at the signature on Zhou Yang's apology letter for three minutes, put in eye drops, then stared at it for another three.

"Jiu Nian!"

He couldn't possibly mistake it. This was the signed autograph of his favorite author, whom he'd followed for eight years. Tickets to signings sold out in seconds, and even a signed copy on the resale market cost five figures, if you could find one at all!

Whenever readers thought the author had vanished, he'd reappear with another book.

"The kids in Class 12 aren't a lost cause after all. Their apology letters even made Teacher Lin cry."

But hadn't his favorite author said in an interview that he was single? His kid was already this old!

How had his idol's image come crashing down like this?!

Zhou Yang edged up to Zhou Jiu Nian with a pitiful look. "Please, Uncle, if my dad sees this apology letter, you won't have a nephew anymore! Besides, he entrusted me to you. Saving your nephew's life is worth more than building seven levels of a muddled pagoda!"

"You should study your Chinese more." Zhou Jiu Nian still had the ending of his book stuck in his head, and absentmindedly signed with his pen name.

A few days later...

"Uncle, I think our homeroom teacher's been acting a bit weird toward me lately. He explains problems to me and has heart-to-heart talks with me. Am I imagining it? The way he looks at me," Zhou Yang recalled, "it's like he... pities me?"

Zhou Jiu Nian was summoned by his nephew's homeroom teacher for a meeting about his academic progress. In an hour, he had to sign eight forms.

The teacher also made a request: for the sake of Zhou Yang's development, a parent would have to sign every Chinese assignment from then on.

Zhou Yang: "Uncle, I think our teacher might be taking out his grudge on me because of you."

Zhou Jiu Nian: "?"

Zhou Yang: "How do I put it? If he looks at me like I'm an orphan, he looks at you like you're a scumbag... Correction, a handsome scumbag."

He'd never paid much attention to his nephew's grades before, but now he had.

The kid had been summoned to school eight times in two months.

"Uncle! You have to believe me! I really didn't do anything wrong this time!"

Didn't do anything wrong? Then why had your homeroom teacher come to the house?

Who else's school-home communication could possibly be more constant than theirs?

One day, Zhou Jiu Nian happened to notice that Lin Yu Xia had the cover of his latest book as his computer wallpaper, and that a three-thousand-word review of the book was open on the screen.

"Summer Entrusted to the Years."

Zhou Jiu Nian recognized the username. It was the pinned review on his very first book.

Class 12, Grade 10 had one parent who was exceptionally cooperative: he signed forms faster than anyone and showed up whenever he was called.

Only Lin Yu Xia knew that he'd already collected nearly thirty priceless signed copies from this parent in his desk drawer.

While Lin Yu Xia was wondering what excuse he could use to see him next, Zhou Jiu Nian arrived at his office with a box of new books, ready to be signed.

"Teacher Lin, you just want an autograph, right?"

"You can be a little bolder than that."

Lin Yu Xia gathered his courage. "Then... could I get a special inscription?"

[Bonus Scene]

One day, Zhou Yang handed his homeroom teacher an apology letter he'd written of his own accord.

Lin Yu Xia: "This wasn't your fault. You don't need to write one." The kid had even filled two pages.

Zhou Yang looked exasperated. "Who said you should read the apology letter? Check the parent's signature!"

Hm? Lin Yu Xia flipped to the end.

[Miss you, Xia Xia.]

[Jiu Nian]

Archived on July 15, 2026 (Follow Weibo @Jinjiang_SleepingInNeverUpdates). Welcome! There are lots of sweet romances in my collection!

Theme: A love shared by both sides will last a lifetime.