Ji Xuanhe never thought he would see Li Huaiwu again, much less that his first thought upon seeing her would still be to confess his feelings.
At the second-year high school awards ceremony, she stood onstage to accept an award while he watched from the audience. Unlike the boredom and fatigue he saw in the classmates around him, there was a bewilderment in the girl's eyes that made him curious.
Later, Ji Xuanhe ran into her in the hallway, on the athletic field, and in the nature garden behind the school building. A boy's first love is simple, even when the other person seems never to have noticed him.
Worried about schoolwork and a boy's pride, Ji Xuanhe never confessed. Years passed. When he ran into Li Huaiwu again and got to know her for real, he couldn't stop himself from trying to get closer, even though her words made it sound as if she wasn't single.
At first, Li Huaiwu only wanted to help the stray cats in her neighborhood. She never expected to bring a little cat home, much less that the liaison for the team would have so much in common with her. They had gone to the same high school, and their work brought them together time and again. If he weren't pursuing her, Li Huaiwu thinks she could feel more at ease. Instead, she wavers, then pushes him away in the most undignified way.
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Li Huaiwu: "So that's why I kept losing my test papers every other day for a while in our second year. I even thought I'd become so exhausted I was getting forgetful."
Ji Xuanhe, who had been acting weird for a while in their second year: "I was just borrowing them out of admiration for the top student. I didn't want to hold you up, so I always waited until your class had gone over the answers."
Li Huaiwu: "Wouldn't it have been nice if we'd met sooner?"
Ji Xuanhe: "Then we could've started dating in high school?"
Li Huaiwu: "Then I could've reported you. That would've been a good deed."
Ji Xuanhe: "Hey..."
| Sharp-tongued and insecure × pretending to be aloof
Both leads are each other's first and only love. Happy ending.
From the male lead's perspective: unrequited love comes true. From the female lead's: love grows with time.
Main story told from the female lead's perspective.
Theme: Live well and let love heal you
