Other EPs in the same series can be found on my profile.
EP3 / Wildfire, Extinguishing, and Cold Tides
Wrapped in endless possibilities, never slowing down, never touching the ground.
Resilient female university student in journalism X her guiding-light senior
Online identity revealed / unrequited love / pursuit and waiting / reality and ideals
As Qiu Yang bandaged Xue Chaoyun's wound, she remembered a piece of gossip she'd heard long ago and teased him playfully. “I heard you don't really like physical contact. So, do cotton balls and bandages count?”
Xue Chaoyun smiled. “Do you think they count?”
Qiu Yang shook her head.
“Mm, then they don't.”
Much later, Qiu Yang asked with an earnest expression, “Senior, I want to ask you something. Does kissing count as physical contact?”
Xue Chaoyun was rarely at a loss for words. A number of terms passed through his mind, but in the end he settled on an English word. Since it wasn't his native language, saying it might be a little less embarrassing.
It took him a while to answer. “That would be... intimacy.”
Only after saying it did Xue Chaoyun realize that Qiu Yang was smiling so hard her ears had turned red. He sighed, but indulged her all the same. “So you're secretly quite mischievous too.”
Premise: You should have both love and ideals.
