A Crush Rekindled

[My next novel will be If I Could Tell You I Like You Tomorrow. Add it to your favorites! It's a childhood-friends story about an energetic little kitten and a clingy puppy. Pure-love fans, come on in and don't miss it!]

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[Gentle, well-behaved, socially anxious class rep x sunny, pure-hearted, talkative big puppy]

◎ Mutual pining / Lighthearted and fun / He falls first / Mostly school life, then the city

Fashion designer x commercial photographer

Synopsis:

Xia Ying has always felt that Jin Xian might have a crush on her.

Just before graduation, she couldn't resist secretly sharing this suspicion with a friend. But her friend thought she was overthinking it. "You think Jin Xian has a crush on you? No way. He's friendly and helpful to everyone..."

Xia Ying blushed slightly and didn't bring it up again.

Still, she couldn't forget the figure she'd accidentally glimpsed at dusk. In an empty classroom, Jin Xian faced the direction of her seat and nervously repeated, "I like you. Please go out with me!"

He practiced over and over without getting tired, just like a big puppy trying its hardest to show someone the very best version of itself.

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Years later, Xia Ying runs into Jin Xian again, and they become colleagues. One rainy day, her umbrella breaks, so he shares his and walks her partway home. They chat along the way:

"By the way, it's pouring. Doesn't your boyfriend have time to come pick you up?"

"I don't have a boyfriend."

"You... broke up?"

"No... I've never had a boyfriend."

Later, after they get together, Xia Ying happens to find one of his old handwritten diaries:

[2018.06.10. Today was graduation. I wanted to tell Xia Ying I like her, but some guy I didn't know came to pick her up. I've been rejected.]

Xia Ying thinks for a long time about what happened on graduation day...

She'd sprained her ankle, and her younger brother Xia Yu had grumbled and complained all the way to school before reluctantly carrying her home.

#My boyfriend once planned to confess to me, but mistook my younger brother for a rival and thought he had no chance#

1. Mutual crushes, with the male lead falling first. He couldn't say what he wanted to as a boy, but in the city chapters he goes straight for it. A devoted, loyal, enthusiastic puppy is on the move!

2. A little ensemble cast, happy ending. The female lead's parents live separately, and her younger brother lives with their father in another city, so the male lead has never met him.

3. The city chapters are a small part of the story, probably just the last few chapters. This is mostly a school-life romance.

Theme: Everyone should live well and look forward to beautiful things.