Secret Crush Symphony

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A campus unrequited-love story / second male lead becomes the one / unrequited love comes true

1. [The heroine's unrequited-love version]:

One afternoon at the little shop at school, Xu Yiqiu heard a voice and turned around. That was how she met Zhou Qiubai.

Under the early autumn sun, the boy and his friends laughed and joked, their energy and infectious cheer filling the air.

With just one look, she fell for him, and stayed in love for years.

After they were assigned to the same class, they became desk mates. Zhou Qiubai would fight for her, protect her, cheer her up, and scare off the boys she wasn't interested in. The one thing he wouldn't do was fall for her.

He liked someone else.

Xu Yiqiu kept every trace of her feelings hidden and quietly watched from the sidelines.

Later, he fell out with the girl he liked. They worked together to get into college, and Xu Yiqiu thought she finally had a chance. At the graduation party, she went to confess, but never even got the chance to take out her letter.

It was dark after the rain, the air damp. She asked him, "What are we to each other?"

He smiled and insisted they were friends.

Xu Yiqiu gave up.

2. [The second male lead's unrequited-love version]:

Lu Changqing first noticed a girl at the awards ceremony when he started high school.

She was gentle, pretty, and adorable, seated just below his class.

He thought about pursuing her, but before he could act, he heard she liked sunny, lively, cheerful boys.

Unfortunately, he wasn't any of those things.

After they ended up in the same class, he watched her carefully and cautiously fall for Zhou Qiubai, who perfectly matched her ideal type. She didn't want anyone to find out, so he carefully covered for her.

Later, he was admitted to college early and devoted himself to waiting for her to get in to the same school as Zhou Qiubai. But before summer vacation was over, he heard she'd gone to a university in the south.

One was in the north, the other in the south. They rarely had a chance to meet, and he watched her get a boyfriend who was exactly her type.

She always went for the same kind of person, and Lu Changqing had long thought he'd never have a chance.

3.

It wasn't until they met at a matchmaking event that he learned she hadn't dated anyone since breaking up with her ex. Lu Changqing finally worked up the courage to confess, suggesting, "How about trying a different type? Someone like me."

Xu Yiqiu agreed.

That night, she took his hand and laced her fingers through his. "I think we could give it a try."

Lu Changqing's deep voice trembled despite himself. "Okay."

Xu Yiqiu tilted her head slightly, smiled with her lips pressed together, and met his gaze. His reflection and the lamplight shone in her eyes.

*Primarily set on campus, with an urban setting later on; a light ensemble cast

*Content warnings are in the blurb

*No romance or intimate scenes before the characters are adults

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Liang Ying first met Chen Xiao when someone shoved her over and she crashed right into his chest.

The people around them fell silent for a moment, then began loudly teasing them.

He raised both hands, looked down at her with a lazy smile, and drawled, "You saw it. Not my fault."

Liang Ying gave him a hard stomp.

The nth time was when she was cycling along and her tire suddenly burst.

There was a repair shop just twenty meters ahead.

Liang Ying wheeled her bike over. Outside the shop, a boy sat with his legs apart beside a motorcycle, his shirt off. The muscles along his still-youthful back were smooth and defined, with a few red, grease-stained scratches on his lower back.

Liang Ying called, "Hey, mechanic."

The boy turned around. It was that familiar handsome face. He glanced at her flat tire, grinned, and laughed like a hunter who'd found a rabbit that had run into a tree.

It was the seventh day of their one-sided cold war.

The boy sitting behind Liang Ying had a roguishly handsome face and a bright, carefree smile. He had the kind of looks everyone liked, but nine times out of ten, something he did managed to annoy her.

Chen Xiao had been a troublemaker for more than a decade. Then he fell for a girl, and suddenly he was flustered about everything, constantly acting up and getting scolded every day.

Later, just when they were finally about to get together, the girl made one condition: she wouldn't date someone long-distance.

So Chen Xiao was made to study every day.

He couldn't learn, and she got mad every day. When she was mad, she ignored him.

Chen Xiao came up with a mischievous idea.

He let the air out of her tires.

Sweet and gentle girl x sunny troublemaker

Also known as: The Love Story of an Immature Boy

Theme: Youth is beautiful and full of passion; always strive to improve.