Her second crush on the same man began on a rainy morning.
A bare-chested man with tousled curls looked out the window at the unwelcome visitor on his balcony, his gaze cool and distant.
Her toothbrush clattered to the floor.
Fifteen-year-old Lan Qiao, mouth full of toothpaste foam, hurriedly looked away. She could feel butterflies fluttering in her stomach...
Much later, Fu Xisi wrapped himself around her like an octopus, looking smug and wicked. "You can't run away now."
Lan Qiao: Don't get a crush on someone you meet on the street. You never know if they're human or a dog.
· A beautiful, irresistible tease x a ridiculously handsome mixed-race man
· ("Butterflies in one's stomach" is an American idiom, similar to the feeling of one's heart fluttering.)
Theme: An openly declared crush born from secret admiration
