Su Yang hurries into the auditorium, her cheeks still warm.
The gold prize winner of this year's architectural design competition is announced, and she raises her camera amid thunderous applause.
The young man onstage catches sight of her lens, and their eyes meet across the viewfinder.
The junior beside her whispers excitedly, "Oh my gosh, so that's Lin Yujin!"
Lin Yujin, the aloof heartthrob of S University's architecture department, is handsome and coolly ethereal. Yet he's so low-key that he might as well not exist. People only ever hear rumors about him.
But Su Yang can't stop thinking about what happened just moments ago. She had brought him clean clothes and knocked on the door of the backstage dressing room.
Lin Yujin stood inside, his white shirt stained with tea and half-unbuttoned, his silk tie hanging loosely across his chest.
She hurriedly turned away, but someone yanked her into a changing cubicle.
In the cramped space, the young man leaned over and pinned her in place. His long lashes lowered as his gaze slowly fell on the pale wrist where she wore a bracelet.
His soft breath brushed her ear. "He's back. Should I leave?"
Before Su Yang could answer, a warm sensation touched her lips.
The bracelet suddenly flashed red.
Just beyond the wall were industry bigwigs and renowned professors preparing to enter, including one face that looked far too young.
On his phone, a heart-rate monitoring app sounded an alert.
[Reading Notes and Content Warnings]
1. All characters are adults.
Theme: To the tumultuous days of college
