The Island of Warmth

[Complete] This is a simple little story without much depth. I hope you enjoy reading it, and I hope you'll support the official version too. =w= The first time Wen Zhuo saw Jiang Jiayan, he was holding a dog on a leash, wearing flip-flops, and standing among the crowd with an ice cream stick between his teeth. A few people in the crowd up ahead were fighting tooth and nail. An older man asked him, "Hey, kid, what's going on? Is there a fight up there?" Jiang Jiayan said gleefully, "Yeah. The legitimate wife is tearing into her husband's mistress right there on the street. What a show." "How do you know?" "That legitimate wife is my mom," he said. The second time she saw him was in the class she'd just transferred into. He turned around and said, not particularly warmly, "Welcome to Class Seventeen, Wen Zhuo." Scorching summer heat, ice-cold soda, a rubber track soaked with sweat, and the scent of summer everywhere in the breeze. Her secret crush made no sound and caused no fuss. The only change was the sweet milk that kept appearing on her desk. It was the first thing Jiang Jiayan had ever given her, though it was an apology gift. Timid Wen Zhuo gave him a present, and with it, a veiled confession, only to be met with Jiang Jiayan's indifference. She reined in her feelings and retreated to safety, afraid to take another step forward. But later, at a university arts festival, an upperclassman who liked Wen Zhuo offered to buy milk tea for everyone. When he asked what flavor she liked, Jiang Jiayan, standing nearby, answered for her: "She likes sweet milk." [Wen Zhuo has social anxiety disorder. Even after counseling and treatment, she is still afraid of crowds and being watched. Her world is solitary and quiet, its colors muted. It was only later, when Jiang Jiayan took her hand and pulled her out into the blazing sunshine, that she finally got to see how vibrant and colorful the world could be.] Good girl x rich young master [School Life / Secret Crush / Healing / Redemption] SC, each other's first love. A lighthearted side project. It's not long, just a quiet and conventional story. Theme: There will always be a light that shines for you