Blazing Summer, Never Setting

This story will be carefully edited. Please support the official release. Sweet, delicate young lady x bad-boy, top-student bodyguard. They secretly love each other. At the start of their second year of high school, a transfer student arrived at the affiliated school. Her name was Jiang Mi. In a white dress and canvas shoes, she had a pure, lovely air about her, like the sheltered young ladies in TV dramas who never leave their homes. During PE, a friend put an arm around Zhou Yuting and asked, "What do you think of Jiang Mi?" Zhou Yuting sank a three-pointer and coolly replied, "Picky eater, coward, and a total pain." Everyone knew that Zhou Yuting, from Class One, Year Two, was handsome, got great grades, and came from a wealthy family. He was a genuine hotshot with an attitude. One day, someone saw him obediently trailing behind Jiang Mi like her little sidekick. A few days later, a rumor spread that Zhou Yuting had cornered Jiang Mi in the school infirmary and personally looked after her, bringing her tea and water and fussing over her. The girl blushed, and he couldn't be made to leave. When someone asked about their relationship, Zhou Yuting raised an eyebrow and answered casually, "I'm the young lady's bodyguard." Then he added, "By choice." The whole school was abuzz with the story of the hotshot acting as the young lady's bodyguard. But when Jiang Mi transferred schools again, no one mentioned it anymore. The day she left happened to be her eighteenth birthday. In a joking tone, Zhou Yuting said, "I've been your bodyguard for ages for free. Don't I get a reward?" At that moment, the whole neighborhood was plunged into darkness by a power outage. The girl rose onto her tiptoes and carefully kissed Zhou Yuting amid the cicadas singing in the height of summer. After that reckless moment, Jiang Mi consoled herself: So they had kissed. It didn't matter, since they would never see each other again. Until the day she arrived at university, when someone stopped her. The young man's features were as sharp as ever, and his smile was just as dazzling as she remembered. "You kissed me and then ran off, huh? That's not very nice, is it, little classmate?" Bonus Scene: At the start of the school year, Zhou Yuting became a sensation at Jingping University thanks to a single ID photo. His roommate excitedly exclaimed to Jiang Mi, "He's so handsome! I heard he was the top scorer on the F Province college entrance exam, too. Look at the campus heartthrob, with those rosy lips and pearly teeth. I really want to know what it feels like to kiss him, ahhh..." Jiang Mi answered calmly, "It doesn't feel like anything." That idiot was so clumsy, he even bit her lip until it bled yesterday. Her roommate was stunned. "How would you know?" Just then, a voice called from behind them: "Girlfriend, come here." Zhou Yuting took the girl's hand and asked with a low laugh, "Are you sure... it really felt like nothing?" Loving you has made me lose myself. Though I know I've gone astray, I still won't turn back. 1. One-on-one romance, happy ending, mutual pining, romance only after they become adults. Slow burn, from high school to university. Coming soon: Classmate Number Seven, a secret-crush story. Please add it to your favorites! At seventeen, on the day she learned that Chen Xifan was unhappy, Qi Xia sent him more than a dozen terrible jokes from her QQ alt account. Later, Chen Xifan invited her to play a game on QQ. Qi Xia knew nothing about games, but gritted her teeth and practiced hard for over half a year. No one but Qi Xia knew that she had created her QQ alt account, called Classmate Number Seven, for Chen Xifan. Back then, Chen Xifan was a gifted young man adored by everyone, while Qi Xia came from a poor family and was an inconspicuous girl living with the Chen family. They were worlds apart, and there was no chance for them to be together. Years later, they met again. Qi Xia was still ordinary, while Chen Xifan had become a well-known architect in the industry at a young age. Rumor had it that he loved someone and had been devoted to her for years. Qi Xia didn't dare indulge in wishful thinking again. She kept reminding herself to maintain her distance, but Chen Xifan appeared by her side more and more often. + At a class reunion, someone started teasing Chen Xifan, insisting he tell them about his love life. Chen Xifan said helplessly, "I've never dated anyone, but there is a girl I like." Qi Xia's heart turned sour at his words. Everyone was stunned and asked who he liked. Chen Xifan looked toward Qi Xia. Their eyes met, her eyes reddened, and her heart still skipped a beat. With a smile on his lips, Chen Xifan slowly said, "My QQ friend, Classmate Number Seven." + That night, after the crowd had dispersed, he pinned Qi Xia against the wall, leaving her nowhere to run. Chen Xifan's burning breath enveloped her, his gaze deep and intense. "Classmate Number Seven, can I kiss you now?" Blurb written in March 2023 and screenshot saved. Theme: Hope is everywhere. Keep looking ahead.