Echoes of This Summer

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Mutual firsts / sweet with a hint of bittersweet / male lead pursues female lead / male lead who convinces himself of things / university campus / competitive sports

A calm, determined ninth-dan Go player x a sunny, straightforward Olympic table tennis champion

Sun Xu returned to her dorm.

Her roommate hurried over excitedly. "Sun, your boyfriend just won the Olympic men's singles table tennis gold medal. He's trending on Weibo!"

Sun Xu immediately opened Weibo and checked the trending topics.

#ChinaWinsGoldInOlympicTableTennisMensSingles#

#Xia NanjuLooksIncrediblyHot#

#Xia NanjuHasAGirlfriend#

#Xia Nanju'sGirlfriendIsAKidnappingVictim#

Xia Nanju was like the sun, bright and passionate, and always the first to confess his feelings to someone he liked.

He met Sun Xu at the freshman mixer during their first year of university.

He was dragged along to be the event's eye candy, while she was pulled in to make up the numbers.

The girl was as tranquil as a lake, her smile light and reserved.

She didn't draw attention to herself, yet she warmed the air around her.

The moment Xia Nanju saw her, fireworks went off in his heart.

At the university sports meet, Sun Xu went to watch Xia Nanju compete.

After he finished running the 800 meters, she opened a bottle of mineral water and handed it to him.

Xia Nanju rested one hand on his hip and tipped his head back, gulping down the water. Drops of sweat slid down his neck.

Sun Xu fixed her gaze on him and suddenly said, "Xiao Ma, you look really good when you drink water."

Xia Nanju smiled and handed her the bottle. "If you dare drink from it, we'll start dating."

Theme: Love yourself before loving others