Concealed Shame

He falls for her first

Good girl vs. bad boy

Both are first-timers / Male lead is devoted in mind and body / Happy ending

1. "Love doesn't have a backup choice. I choose you, and that's my answer."

In the long, hot days of August, cicadas screamed incessantly.

The boy hid inside a stuffy, pitch-black shell.

Then he saw a bright figure burst into his world.

From then on, mountains and rivers stretched between them.

He waited only to hear her say, "I like you too."

2.

Fu Shijin first met Xing Yang during a vacation when they were young. They only crossed paths briefly.

She didn't have a good impression of him, and years later she would have forgotten him completely if they hadn't met again.

Later, Xing Yang got dead drunk at a bar.

A staff member called Fu Shijin: "Hello, your boyfriend is drunk. Could you come pick him up?"

Fu Shijin checked the number again, sure she didn't know it. "You have the wrong number."

Then she heard a voice on the other end, soft and tender: "Fu Shijin."

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That one softhearted meeting left her unable to escape him.

Only after falling into his love did she realize his feelings had grown from childish affection into mature love.

Year after year, they went on without end.

"Jinjin, if this still ends with me loving you and never having you, I'll accept it."

"How will you accept it?"

"I'll never marry."

From school uniforms to wedding gowns. A somewhat slow burn.

Secondary couple: spoiled young heiress vs. boy-next-door childhood friend

Coming next: The Restless Heart. Babies, please add it to your favorites!

Unrequited love / small town / both are first-timers

On a bitterly cold winter day, Jiang Zhi was cornered in a dead-end alley.

A boy happened to pass by. He flung his cigarette butt at the group and spat, "What do you think you're doing?"

They were badly shaken.

The boy caught sight of Jiang Zhi's panic-stricken eyes, then casually looked away.

From the day Jiang Zhi met him, she knew they were from different worlds.

He lived freely and carefree in the red-light district.

Later, she stumbled upon his secret. The boy, cigarette between his lips, grabbed her and dragged her into a dark alley, eyes narrowed as he stared at her. Jiang Zhi thought she was in danger, but all he said was, "Don't let me see you around again."

Jiang Zhi left the alley, glancing back again and again.

She saw him throw an empty liquor bottle in her direction.

Terrified, Jiang Zhi ran off at once.

Later, people said Chen Yan had broken his own rules for a good student.

His friend looked at Chen Yan as he exhaled a cloud of smoke and watched the slender figure. He lowered his eyes and chuckled. "Too pure."

Years later, Jiang Zhi knelt in the temple of love and prayed: "Summer looks forward to winter snow, and inland places long for sea breezes. Just as I still hope to have Chen Yan by my side."

After half a life of hardship, she prayed to be joined with one person.

As she came down the mountain, she saw the boy from long ago standing at its foot. His friend pointed at her with a laugh. "Yan, what a coincidence. There's your moonlight."

Chen Yan turned and looked at Jiang Zhi.

Under the blazing summer sun, with the wind passing through the treetops, Chen Yan turned and held out a cigarette.

Someone asked him, "What is a moonlight?"

She stands high upon the altar, and he worships only her, wishing her a lifetime without worries.

P.S. This is a small-town story that's really sweet from start to finish!! Anyone who says otherwise is a puppy!

Theme: Love is everywhere in life, and it can heal.