When Xiang Ni first entered the Jiang family home, she looked up and saw a man standing on the second floor.
He wore a black trench coat. His features were cool and aloof, his skin fair, his face finely sculpted.
“Ni Ni, that’s my second uncle.”
That year, Xiang Ni was in ninth grade.
But there was already someone living in her heart.
Once, Jiang Huaizhou came to her school to attend a parent-teacher meeting.
“Why are all your scores perfect? You’re amazing.” Jiang Huaizhou’s lips quirked slightly.
Xiang Ni said nothing.
Her face turned bright red. In front of Jiang Huaizhou, she couldn’t manage a single clever retort.
She went out to dinner with Jiang Huaizhou and his friends.
One friend remarked, “The kid you brought along is so quiet.”
Jiang Huaizhou said, “She gets shy easily.”
The year she finished the college entrance exams, Xiang Ni came home from a reunion with her classmates. Buzzed with alcohol, she barged into Jiang Huaizhou’s room.
“Second Uncle, I like you.” Xiang Ni did the boldest thing she’d ever done.
*
In her first year of college, Xiang Ni took a part-time job at a swimming pool.
There, she ran into Jiang Huaizhou, who had come to swim with a friend.
“You’re here to swim too?” Jiang Huaizhou asked.
“No, I’m working part-time,” Xiang Ni said.
Jiang Huaizhou frowned as he looked at her. “Who told you to take a part-time job? Can’t the Jiang family afford to support you?”
That night, he took her away.
*
On the day Jiang Huaizhou celebrated Xiang Ni’s birthday, he leaned close after she blew out the candles.
“Ni Ni, what did you wish for?”
For Jiang Huaizhou to be my boyfriend.
Xiang Ni didn’t say it aloud. Instead, she lied: “To get a scholarship again this year.”
“I made a wish just now too,” Jiang Huaizhou said.
“Hmm?”
“This year, I’ll win Xiang Ni’s heart.”
Xiang Ni stopped breathing.
A story of a secret crush coming true.
Synopsis screenshotted on August 8, 2021.
Theme: Keep moving toward the light.
