Secretly in Love, in Bloom

[Follow the upcoming serial, Nightingale and Stray Dog] [Warm sunshine x insecure and stoic] When she was sixteen, Song Nianchu fell in love with someone. Unwilling to let her teenage crush fade away without a word, she clutched a love letter on graduation day and gathered the courage to confess. Before she could finish, he spoke, his voice distant and cool. "Sorry, I have a girlfriend." As time passed, she grew up and gradually put her unrequited love behind her. Still, every now and then, she would hear something about him. She heard that he got into the dream university everyone wanted to attend. She heard that he received several enviable job offers before he even graduated. She also heard that something had happened to him, and that he had cut off contact with all his classmates. - At twenty-three, Song Nianchu is a fairly well-known game streamer on Xingyue Live. She has a regular duo partner. One day, her stomach hurt, and she curled up under the covers, feeling groggy as she called in sick to her teammate. Not long afterward, she suddenly heard the doorbell ring. The boy from years ago had grown out of his youthful features. He appeared in the hallway outside her home, his face pale as paper, his thin lips drained of color, sweat sliding down his taut jaw. "...Jin Dao?" He gasped out the name of her streaming account. Too weak to lift his hand, he could only tilt his head. "Come on. I'll take you to the hospital." Song Nianchu felt so awful that tears blurred her vision. Her misty eyes lowered, then stopped on the wheelchair beneath him. He was disabled. And he didn't remember her. Reading guide: 1. The male lead's disability is permanent. 2. They are each other's first love. Upcoming novel Nightingale and Stray Dog. Follow it: Jiang Chao met a boy. His clothes were old and too short, leaving his wrists and ankles exposed in winter. Night after night, he sat in an inconspicuous corner, listening to her sing with a cold expression. He was a very poor boy. Jiang Chao felt sorry for him. Knowing he couldn't afford food, she casually gave him something to eat. When she learned he borrowed books from others, she made an excuse to buy him new ones. The boy, who had been fierce and unruly when they first met, grew increasingly gentle and obedient. Jiang Chao didn't think much of it. Different cities have different stories, and the stories in this city would end someday, too. She was a free-spirited bird with no place to call home, never staying anywhere for long. So when the day came for her to leave and the boy suddenly appeared at the hotel entrance, his dark eyes fixed on her as he asked, "Will you come back?" Jiang Chao simply shook her head. "I'm leaving," she said without mercy, though she wore a smile. "You need to live well." When they met again, the bird had broken her wings and fallen into the mud. She fled in panic into the rainy night, crashing into Ying Tan's gaze. "Come with me." The man, dressed in a suit, gripped her shoulders in the pouring rain, not caring that he was soaked through. His voice was low and hoarse as he told her, "I'll help you." Jiang Chao thought this was repayment. The day her wings healed, his pupils were darker than ever, wild flames rising and falling in their depths. "You want to leave?" He snuffed out the cigarette between his fingers and turned his gaze away. His Adam's apple bobbed several times, but when he spoke, his voice was cool. "You've paid off their debt." "But you haven't paid off mine." Theme: Break through every obstacle and head toward the light.