Orange Summer

[Main story complete]

1. At twenty, Zhang Jusong decided to give up trying.

As long as the group project got done, who cared what nonsense her teammates pulled? As long as her GPA was acceptable, who cared how much the national and university scholarships paid? As long as her thesis passed, who cared whether it got published?

She'd just muddle through life like this. There was nothing she could do anyway. If she was lucky, maybe she'd die tomorrow.

Until one day, a boy appeared in her barren life and firmly told her:

Your existence is the only light in the darkness of night.

2. The birthday wish Xia Zhiheng made when he was eighteen had everything to do with Zhang Jusong.

After a long time, he made his way toward his guiding star, one step at a time.

But when he finally crossed mountains and rivers to stand before her, he discovered that his star seemed to have stopped believing she could shine.

"The moon doesn't know how quiet and bright she is, and doesn't even know that she is the moon." - Borges

[Reader's guide]

* A socially anxious, checked-out big sister and a gentle, cunning younger brother

* Three-year age gap, a college-campus fairy tale, healing everyday life, and a secret crush that becomes mutual

* Author's Weibo: +@-GalaxyBrilliant-

[Modern romance coming soon: Let the Moonlight Fall]

1. Some people are born to be admired, like Jiang Zhiyong, student council president at A High School, and the unshakable top student on the honor roll.

Even the principal remarked that he was perfect in every way, except for one thing: he was too aloof and always walked around campus alone.

One day, someone was surprised to find Jiang Zhiyong waiting outside the classroom building, an iced milk tea in his left hand and a bag of fried chicken cutlets in his right.

When asked what he was doing there, he replied coldly, "Waiting for an idiot."

The bell rang, and a girl was the first to rush out of the classroom.

The moment the boy saw her, the frost vanished from his brow, as if moonlight had descended upon the world.

2. The first time Fang Sisi saw Jiang Zhiyong, she resolved: I want to be as outstanding as Senior Jiang!

With the strategy of "losing again and again, then getting back up to fight again," she became his shadow, and he became her tutor.

Jiang Zhiyong explained the final challenge problem to her with a cold expression.

The problem was so difficult that Fang Sisi stared at his long, fair fingers and pondered the meaning of life.

"Do you think my hands are pretty?" Jiang Zhiyong asked, his voice cool beside her ear.

"They're pretty... ah, no!"

He gently flicked her forehead.

"Figure out this problem," the boy whispered, the tips of his ears turning red. "Then I'll let you hold my hand for one minute."

Theme: Even when you're at your lowest, don't forget how precious you are.