The Wind Has Stilled, but My Heart Is Still Troubled

The long BE novel Spring's End is complete. I also hope you'll check out my new BE stories, Paper Cranes and Paper Planes and A Rose's Heartbeat. The bonus chapters with the HE endings are on Weibo. Weibo: NS Ningmeng Peng Qishui Love is a secret kept in the heart. Unable to let go, you are left torn. If I could start over, I would love him openly, instead of standing in the dark and watching him so carefully. By the end of the story, Jiang Xuan was gone, and all that remained was the cold emptiness she left behind. "Jiang Xuan, I love you. Could you let me meet you again in our next life? I promise I'll be bold and passionate as I pursue you. Let me love you for the rest of my life, all right?" Li Sifan spoke softly to the person in the photograph on the gravestone. His eyes curved into a smile. At last, that radiant smile and that promise belonged to Jiang Xuan openly. A secret-love BE story. Third-person perspective. Weibo: NS Ningmeng Peng Qishui -- About Spring's End: Word spreads around Class 7, Grade 11, that a clean-cut, handsome boy has transferred in. He seems delicate and weak, but in less than a day, Sheng Yanshuang, the campus bad girl, has set her sights on him. Sheng Yanshuang says offhandedly, "Like me for a while, and I'll protect you for life. How about it?" The boy smiles and agrees readily. "Okay." Later, the bad girl really does fall for the boy, and Jiang Yan willingly becomes her devoted admirer. She met him at the most beautiful time of her youth. Her feelings for him were passionate and bold, not just a burst of enthusiasm, nor a passing fancy. Young love is innocent and pure. A simple "I love you" can set your heart surging. Jiang Yan was one of those people. He could not resist Sheng Yanshuang's warmth and sunny smile. To Jiang Yan, her arrival was like the sun, illuminating his lonely, desolate life. -- Years later, at a class reunion, Sheng Yanshuang sees Jiang Yan again. She looks forward to reuniting with the boy he once was, only to hear the man coldly ask, "Do we know each other?" Sheng Yanshuang can only shake her head, heartbroken. It turns out she lost her boy long ago. The boy she met in her youth is etched in her heart, becoming an unfulfilled wish she carries years later. Then spring comes in 2021, and her boy stops at that spring, never to wake again. All that remains is his one and only diary. The final line reads: "I've made many wishes: may you bloom like fireworks and live a happy, brilliant life. Life is like a play. I was there for many of your important moments, but you never noticed." A slice-of-life story. The heroine is a girl who stands her ground, and the hero is a quiet, taciturn boy. BE story. Theme: Perseverance leads to victory