Thawing the Galaxy

[Complete. The entire story costs just one cup of lemonade. Thank you for supporting the official version.] > *Resilient, reserved girl x Gentle, exceptional young man * Bittersweet romance / Her secret crush comes true / Slow burn / Mutual healing / Coming of age When Ji Yicheng was fifteen, she met Lu Xiao again at their high school. By then, he'd grown into a handsome, refined young man. When he smiled, his features were like spring breezes melting snow. He shone like the Milky Way, and many girls secretly liked him. Ji Yicheng was one of them. No one knew she'd liked Lu Xiao since childhood. But Ji Yicheng was too timid to do anything except admire him from afar. She didn't even have the courage to take one step closer. One midsummer day in her first year of high school, Ji Yicheng accidentally fell during gym class, getting herself covered in dirt. Beads of blood welled up where she'd scraped her palm. When she looked up, she saw a pair of spotless Nike sneakers in front of her. But Lu Xiao only glanced at her before turning away. Overcome with sadness, Ji Yicheng decided she wouldn't like him anymore for the rest of the year. She never expected the boy to come back a few minutes later and crouch in front of her. As he handed her a bandage, he asked gently, "Can you walk?" She burst into tears. "I-I can't." That afternoon, every class near the sports field poured out and crowded onto the balcony of the raised walkway, watching Lu Xiao carry a tear-streaked girl steadily into the infirmary. Their screams nearly lifted the roof. - It was many years before Ji Yicheng realized that what she thought were chance encounters had all been carefully arranged by someone. It was also many years before she realized that her tortuous, bittersweet, tangled-up secret love had received his answer long, long ago. / A milky way flows for just one star. A river of stars flows for a lifetime, all for one star. [Reader's Guide] A very, very gentle story. The story begins in high school. After they meet again, the male lead pursues the female lead. The first 60% takes place at school, and the last 40% in the city. One couple, happy ending, bittersweet and sweet, everyday school life, with a secondary couple. The second male lead gets a fair amount of page time. This is the author's first contemporary romance, written for practice. Please go easy on me. Comments on individual chapters are open~ Completed story: The Puppy Demon Took the Wrong Supporting Female Lead Script, in which a puppy demon wins over a proud tiger lord~ New story: Transmigrated Before My Darkened Junior Brother Fell to Demonic Cultivation is now underway. Please add it to your favorites~ Theme: Reach out and pluck the stars.