She Thinks I Don't Have a Crush on Her

In the third month of late spring, grass grew lush and orioles soared through the air. The warm breeze was intoxicating.

Beside a rushing spring, a mist of pink drifted through the Bixiao Academy, and the fragrance of peach blossoms brushed the students' cheeks.

Their faces were youthful, joyful, reluctant to leave, and full of hope. They would soon graduate from Bixiao Academy, and when spring ended, it would be time to part.

A woman in a thin silk violet robe leaned against a peach tree heavy with blossoms, chatting with three men.

The spring scenery was beautiful, and the three young gentlemen were all handsome, dashing figures. Yet every eye could not help but linger on the woman.

She was no peerless beauty with an alluring figure. She wore a golden crown and jade belt, and her violet robe was actually men's attire. But the luxurious fabric fell in soft, billowing folds like purple mist, adding a touch of feminine tenderness, while her face, framed by the crown that bound her hair, was far more handsome than a man's.

Anyone could tell at a glance that she was a woman, yet not one woman could help being captivated by her bearing.

She had a pair of eyes that seemed to gaze at everyone with tender affection. When those eyes smiled with a hint of feeling, it was like a spring breeze sending ripples across a lake. Her brows seemed to hold all the splendor of spring. Women would invariably gasp and cover their faces.

Even the honored guests upstairs, not far away, let their gazes drift toward the peach grove, unable to look away.

"Someone from Mingyue Manor?" he couldn't help asking.

His aunt glanced out the window and nodded with a smile. "Mingyue Manor hasn't produced such a dashing, handsome, and gifted person in a long time. Even I, a woman, find myself quite taken with this child."

Then she shot her nephew a sidelong glance and teased him. "You mustn't fall for her. You're both heirs to your families. It could never happen in this lifetime."

The young man had a handsome face and cold eyes, and showed no reaction. Fairy Mingxia smiled and withdrew her gaze. Her nephew was quiet and aloof, and it was exceedingly difficult for him to fall in love.

Even someone as stunning as this person from Mingyue Manor probably wouldn't move his heart. But as peach blossoms swirled through the air, a pair of bright eyes flashed like a meteor across the night sky, their dazzling light sweeping past the window. For an instant, she saw the still waters in her nephew's eyes stir, though his face remained cold and stern. Fairy Mingxia's heart gave an inexplicable leap. She had the feeling that some fateful, terrible bond had been forged when those two pairs of eyes met.

But her nephew soon turned away from the window with a cold expression and didn't look outside again, so she relaxed. Someone so brilliantly radiant, if she captured his heart, would surely be impossible to forget for the rest of his life. That would bring him nothing but trouble! Luckily, her nephew's heart was clear as water, and he would be spared that pain.

Theme: Pure, innocent love