Princess Wendy's Guard

A sweet childhood-friends romance

Everyone at First High knows the school has a pair of childhood friends who can't stand each other.

On the first day of military training, the sun blazes like spilled orange juice. Jiang Qiao's bangs are damp with sweat as she struggles to stand at attention.

Right in front of her, Chi Nanxia unwraps a popsicle. A chorus of people swallowing fills the air.

He seems to have only just realized that a popsicle is irresistible to anyone in military training. He glances at Jiang Qiao, lifting an eyebrow, and says unhurriedly, "Call me Daddy..."

"...and I'll eat it in front of you."

Jiang Qiao, the childhood friend herself: ...

What a pain in the neck her childhood friend is. She wouldn't take him even if he were free.

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Chi Nanxia is the heartthrob of First High, so impossibly cool that when he falls asleep between classes, no one in the classroom dares to speak. His presence is overwhelming.

Everyone thinks he's naturally aloof, but the truth is clear.

That cocky little punk casually pulls a box of Wangzai milk candies from his uniform pocket, just to cheer up his childhood friend.

That icy, arrogant guy who ignores the world gets angry for the first time because of her.

That ridiculously handsome guy has never cared about anyone else. His world opens only for his childhood friend.

What's a childhood friend? Someone whose smile leaves you shaken and whose tears break your heart.

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Later, they embrace by the waves. A puppy wags its tail, soda bubbles fizz, and neither of them realizes how young they are.

What's a childhood friend?

A childish pain in the neck who loves to tease you and makes you worry.

But no one else gets to have them.

[I wandered through the human world and found the sun, most blazing of all.]

Theme: Youth and the heat of summer.