She Is No Stream

February 2023: The author is preparing for a very important exam. I'll be back once I've finished it! I love the girls in this story, so I hope I'll have more energy to develop them further.

1,

Wen Nian never imagined that one day she would see someone who looked exactly like her in the entertainment news, and that the person would be a rising starlet.

One is gentle yet strong-willed, and became a prima ballerina at just twenty-three;

The other relies on her beauty to get ahead, and went from influencer to rising starlet in one leap.

They look exactly alike, yet live completely different lives.

Like countless other girls in the world, they live small yet extraordinary lives in their own corners,

just to tell the world that they were born to be mountains, not streams.

2,

He had been frail since childhood. Fortunately, the cheerful little girl next door spent every day sitting by his bedside, chattering away.

Back then, he thought she was so noisy.

But later, he wondered: if he were gone, who would she chatter to?

3,

When he was sixteen, he woke up after surgery and learned that she had left for Paris without saying goodbye.

A year later, the little girl shyly told him, "Lu Tingyu, I'm together with your older brother."

At twenty-two, he became a top-tier star, and at last, she was single again.

He confessed his feelings while she was drunk, but she was so frightened that she packed her bags that very night and fled back to Paris.

Later, he went after her in Paris, and they finally got together.

Leaning against him, she asked sadly, "If I hadn't been the one who stayed with the Wen family back then, if I hadn't grown up with you, would you still have fallen in love with me?"

His arm tightened around her. In an even voice, he said, "If I hadn't known you since childhood, I don't think there would ever have been a twenty-two-year-old Lu Tingyu."

4,

When their relationship was exposed, the internet was flooded with comments saying, "She's not good enough for him."

Facing the livestream camera, he spoke gently but with stubborn conviction. "I've known her since childhood. From then until now, I've always been the one who doesn't deserve her. And for many, many years to come, I'll keep doing my best to deserve her."

As he finished, his gaze passed beyond the camera to her, seated not far away.

In his heart, she would always be the most dazzling white swan onstage, independent, proud, and radiant.

5,

He was a frail boy with a miserable childhood. His parents loved each other, but he was sensitive and lonely inside.

She was a cherished little princess from the day she was born, lively and playful, gentle and radiant.

She stumbled as she ran toward him, and he embraced her with a gentle, doting smile.

Theme: I hope every girl can be herself and live without depending on anyone else. Be a mountain, not a stream.