The Boy I Can't See Clearly

I met Zhou Jinchen during winter break in my first year of college. He was always there for me, helping me study English. Sometimes I would slack off, pretending I'd finished lots of homework or memorized all the vocabulary words.

But I never knew how Zhou Jinchen felt about me. I always thought ours was nothing more than friendship. I was deeply attracted to his handsome face, too, but I thought that was just friendship.

I told Zhou Jinchen that it was impossible, and unnecessary, to make everyone love you.

Zhou Jinchen mistook that love for the feelings between a young boy and girl...

In a daze, I once heard him say, "I like you."

In the end, Zhou Jinchen had no choice but to leave me. Only then did I realize how he had felt about me all this time. In that moment, I wished so badly that I could tell him I loved him.

Zhou Jinchen told me he would be leaving Mingpei at the end of August.

But later, I couldn't bear to let him go. I wanted him to see Mingpei in September, and the red leaves on Xiwushan in September.

Once, Zhou Jinchen told me that he wished he could stay in Mingpei forever if he got the chance. He still hadn't seen snow.

Theme: The story of a dream