Campus romance / unrequited love becomes mutual / groveling for forgiveness
Gentle and sweet / rebellious, handsome, and disillusioned
The first time Xu Zhichun saw Zhou Siyang was when she was sixteen.
Without anyone knowing, she let someone take up residence in her heart.
After the college entrance exam, on the day of the graduation photos,
a friend pulled Xu Zhichun over to take her only picture with Zhou Siyang.
Blue sky, green trees, sunlight dappling through the leaves. The three-year unrequited love that had never begun came to a pause.
The year she saw Zhou Siyang again, Xu Zhichun was nineteen.
For the first time, the rule-abiding girl did something reckless.
That evening, heavy rain swallowed half the city.
Raindrops slammed against the ground, kicking up white mist. The night and the rain blurred her vision.
Across from a run-down hotel, beneath a bus shelter,
the murky, somber light made his face look eerie. The cigarette between his fingers was soaked by the rain. The boy gave a disheartened, faint smile, and Xu Zhichun secretly watched, her heart fluttering.
Suddenly, he narrowed his eyes and glanced across the street, then turned to ask her, "Dare to go?"
The heavy rain soaked his clothes. His silhouette, divided by the curtain of rain, stretched slowly across the ground.
Xu Zhichun took off her coat, folded it up, and held it in her arms.
She bent forward and rushed into the downpour...
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At the height of her passion, Xu Zhichun once glimpsed a hint of love in his dark, desire-filled eyes.
She threw herself into that illusory love without a second thought.
The girl's devotion earned her nothing but the sight of him lounging lazily on the sofa, the light cutting across his face and leaving it half-hidden. His lips curled into a teasing smile. Nonchalantly, he said, "Xu Zhichun... Yeah, she's pretty stupid. I got her with one line."
Xu Zhichun abruptly drew back all the love in her heart and walked away.
When they met again, it was in a bar awash with neon lights and revelry.
The girl who used to blush whenever he teased her wore a black backless slip dress. Her delicate, smooth shoulder blades and the red mole at their tip were like a red plum fallen onto snow. Her face was the perfect blend of innocence and sensuality, and she moved effortlessly through a world of indulgence.
Zhou Siyang's gaze burned as he crushed his bone ring in his hand.
The man who had always been so nonchalant restrained himself, kept his cool, and dragged her into a room. He pinned her against the wall, his rough trouser seam grinding against her thigh. He lifted her face and said each word distinctly: "I'm the one who's stupid."
- Beneath the clouds, the moonlight I glimpsed was the longing and delusion that rose and fell in the sea of my mind.
- I never intended for him to know, yet secretly hoped to appear in his scenery.
*Unrequited love / one-on-one / both virgins
2022/5/1
Theme: What you can't forget will surely echo back
