You Were the Wildest Dream of My Youth

"If loving you is wrong, then I'd rather keep making the same mistake."

Liu Yurou never imagined that a school bullying incident would make her the light in that boy's life.

Zhou Jibai never imagined that, on a stage before millions, he would confess his feelings for her alone.

"When I was in middle school, I was bullied so badly I wanted to die. She stood in front of me."

"I became an idol only because she told me, 'You'll grow up to be a wonderful person.'"

"But in the end, she became the secret I was most afraid to reveal."

He was an idol adored by all, while she was an ordinary person who stood in the shadows. Between them lay flashing cameras, fans' screams, and a rule they could not break: "Idols can't date."

But when he looked straight into the camera at a press conference and said to her in the audience,

"The person I love, did you hear that?"

The whole world went mad.

"Do you know what it feels like to be pushed away by the very person who loves you?"

"Do you know what it feels like to be cursed by millions of people to 'go die,' yet still have to smile and say 'thank you'?"

"Liu Yurou, I hate you... but I hate even more that I can't stop loving you."

"Six years later, she became a writer, and he became her reader."

"Hidden in her book Midsummer was the answer she didn't dare say aloud."

"And the lyrics to his new song, The Seventh Year, were just one line: 'How much longer do you want me to wait?'"

"This time, he'll be the one to pursue her."

"This time, will she still run away?"

"Childhood sweethearts + forbidden idol romance + rekindled love"

"Obsessive boy × clear-eyed protector"

"Youth is one grand regret, and you are the only reason I'd be willing to start over."

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