[School Life] [Pathological Possessiveness] [Long-Preplanned Scheme] [Childhood Friends]
1.
Xu Zhili's type of guy: strong, brave, cheerful.
Xiao Jinchulang is none of those things.
He's sickly, mild-mannered, tearful, and clingy.
But he does have one good point: he's smart.
Can't handle math and science? He'll tutor her one-on-one. Can't write a love letter? He'll teach her every word. Don't know how to pursue a guy? He'll be her strategist and help her come up with a plan.
If she needs it, he'll teach her until she gets it.
After the college entrance exams, Xu Zhili clutched the relationship plan she'd made with Xiao Jinchulang and said, full of determination, "Thanks! When my confession works, you get the credit!"
At the door, the boy in a white shirt and black pants made no move to let her pass.
"The lesson isn't over. Why is the student dismissing herself?"
The next moment, he turned the lock on the door. He reached out and touched her lips. His cool voice was as gentle as ever. "Lili, I haven't taught you the kissing part on the list yet."
2.
Xiao Jinchulang is handsome and refined, polite and well-mannered, with a cool air tinged with fragility. He's been the top student in the science track for as long as anyone can remember.
Xu Zhili is bold and radiant, proud and domineering, a chatty girl with plenty of friends and a science student who's hopeless at science.
Everyone thinks Xiao Jinchulang is close to Xu Zhili only because they're neighbors and it's polite.
Xu Zhili thinks so too, because Xiao Jinchulang has been avoiding her lately.
"If you don't want to walk home with me, you can just say so. Why are you hiding?"
After school, she finally found him on the hill behind the school.
In the dim yellow light, the slender boy's shadow stretched tall, his eyes full of hurt and helplessness.
His hand was hidden behind his back, tendons taut and veins bulging.
Fifteen seconds earlier, he'd crushed a half-burned love letter someone had written to Xu Zhili in his bare hand, as if crumpling a ball of paper.
"I'm sorry, Lili. I was taking care of... trash."
3.
There are many things Xu Zhili doesn't know.
She doesn't know why there was milk at her confession, something that could trigger Xiao Jinchulang's asthma.
Just as she doesn't know that the little boy she always protects, keeping him behind her, is cold and detached behind those tearful eyes.
Radiant, outspoken chatterbox x sickly, unhinged, manipulative male lead
Xu Zhili x Xiao Jinchulang
"You are the spring I yearn for."
P.S.
1. The characters are in high school, and their relationship won't interfere with their studies.
2. The male lead is genuinely unhinged, and some of his behavior is not meant to be encouraged.
Theme: Warmth and love
