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[The third book in the Elephant Tower series / Upcoming story blurb, still being revised. Feel free to add it to your favorites.]
Radiant girl adored by everyone x humble, brooding boy
Bittersweet push and pull, an ensemble coming-of-age story, unrequited love becoming mutual. There's no mirror, so there's no need to put the pieces back together.
A years-long secret crush finally steps into the light
“Later, I met so many people, but I never met anyone like you again.”
Before Xiao Zixun realized it, liking Ling Xiaoxiao had already become a habit engraved in his bones.
He spent his entire school life secretly in love with her, but there was always a whole hallway of boys pursuing her.
He was the most insignificant one among them. It wouldn't have mattered if he didn't exist.
Xiao Zixun kept all kinds of outdated things about Ling Xiaoxiao. The pictures were low-resolution and blurry, but he could never bring himself to throw them away.
All these years, no matter who Ling Xiaoxiao liked, Xiao Zixun kept loving her.
In the summer of 2016, Ling Xiaoxiao stood in the hallway of Chuanzhong, turned gracefully, and wished Xiao Zixun success in life.
Ling Xiaoxiao would go on to offer similar wishes to many people.
But Xiao Zixun was the only one who remembered, carrying those words with him as he walked alone for a long time.
He wrote in his diary:
“Ling Xiaoxiao, am I just some random boy you chat with? Do I have to be like a damned stray dog, wagging my tail at you?”
Let's turn back to Chuanzhong, before the new college entrance exam system. The brutal schedule that gave students two days off and only twenty hours at home hadn't been invented yet, and this century-old prestigious school had no idea that in the coming years it would reach heights it had never seen before.
The atmosphere back then wasn't so stressful, but it wasn't so carefree either.
To the students who came later, it was just right.
Ling Xiaoxiao and Xiao Zixun's love was just right, wherever it went.
Theme: May you achieve great things while you're young
