Spring Waters in the Inkstone Pool

[A five-star rating from everyone who bought the complete edition would mean the world to me! Pre-release: Whale-Full Sea Boundaries. Completed works: Southern Sound, Northern Island in Bloom. Please add them to your favorites! Weibo: @Zhaocai Mao's Little Bell] "Outside the window, summer trees flourish. Only the vague love in a boy's heart falls with the cool breeze, then bounces back. The cicadas begin to sing, and I think of you." Ning Zhanlin had dark brows and deep-set eyes, with features that gave her a mixed-race look. She resembled a delicate doll who ought to spend every day dressed in a princess gown. When she was six, she met Xu Tangyan for the first time. The boy was curled up in a tiny room reeking of rot and littered with broken beer bottles. He wore a wrinkled white T-shirt, but his face was utterly clean and cool. He reminded her of silver-needle tea leaves. The little girl leaned in and sniffed him. Beneath his faint, bland scent was a hint of milky sweetness. She decided he would grow up to be a pretty boy. Ning Zhanlin fluttered her thick eyelashes. Her smiling eyes were as still as a pool of dead water as she fixed her gaze on him. She fished the only red banknote she had out of her little skirt and said in a sweet, childish voice, "This is one hundred yuan. I've bought you. Xu Tangyan, you have to do whatever I say for the rest of your life." The spring sports meet in their second year of high school. A crowd of students gathered around the high jump, cheering and buzzing with excitement. "Xu Tangyan! Go for it!" "Brother Yan! Break the record!" The boy wore white spiked shoes. Unhurriedly, he measured his steps, his eyes fixed on the girl in a short skirt beyond the bar. His flawless Fosbury flop traced an arc through the air, like a fish in the deep sea leaping skyward just to glimpse the heavens. His white shirt rode up, revealing a glimpse of his waist and abdomen, setting off a commotion among the crowd. "Holy crap, he's got an eight-pack!" "I hear high jumping is tough on your back. This guy's got a great waist!" He lived surrounded by everyone's ardor and affection. Yet no one knew that after it was over, the boy reverently hung the gold medal around Ning Zhanlin's neck, only to receive one sentence in return. "Xu Tangyan, the truth is, spring is the season I hate most." * An emotionally detached British-style little girl x a refined, aloof boy with a bland disposition * If it's not your thing, just click away. No need to tell me you're dropping it! Note: The heroine is not a conventional good person. Pre-release: Whale-Full Sea Boundaries. If you're interested, please add it to your favorites! "In the chaotic deep sea, darkness veils everything. You are a muddy shore at the distant edge, and I swim toward you, chasing the light." Legend has it that a city lies hidden in the depths of the sea, ruled by a blue whale. It can transform into a girl, beautiful enough to ensnare the soul, yet aloof and distant. No one can get close to her, and she shows no tenderness to anyone. The blue whale frolics through the waves, leaping out of the deep sea to embrace her own bright-sky daydream. Did you know? I can hear the voices of every sea creature. They're not happy at all. * Aquarium whale trainer x absurdist contemporary photographer I also recommend Xi Yang's Your Shadow Is My Sea and Qing Tu R's Editing a Passionate Romance. They're both great! Go add them to your favorites! Theme: Pay attention to mental health