Friendship Only

[That summer, around the corner, I met not only a new classmate but also the moon I'd lost.]

Cheng Xie transferred to Nan City carrying a secret. He only wanted to keep his head down and live in peace.

But on the very first day of school, he was cornered in the hallway by Jun Qian, the schoolwide "number one heartthrob."

The boy looked at him with a warmth and familiarity in his eyes that wouldn't fade. "Cheng Xie, we finally meet again."

The whole class noticed that the aloof top student Jun Qian was paying a lot of attention to the new transfer student.

He saved him a seat, brought him breakfast, and even let him into his own private space.

Everyone said Jun Qian had never been this attentive to anyone.

Only Jun Qian knew this was a carefully planned approach.

He looked at the faint scar on Cheng Xie's collarbone, one he himself had caused, and hid his surging love deep in his heart.

It took Cheng Xie a while to catch on. At last, he met the gaze that had been waiting for him all along.

"Jun Qian, tell me the truth," Cheng Xie said, his ears reddening. "Have you liked me for a long time?"

Jun Qian smiled softly and finally drew his moon into his arms.

"Not 'for a long time.'"

"Always. Chengcheng, you were always the one meant for me."

A paper boat folded from a letter will eventually reach the shore, and this time, I'll claim the moon of my youth as mine alone.

P.S. Once means once, and three times means three times;

Don't mistake once for three times, or three times for once.

In plain language: This novel has no real-life inspirations. Its setting is entirely fictional.

Some of the academic knowledge in this novel is based on research.

Content warning: The bottom has a scar, and both the top and bottom have some psychological issues (later in the story). Please avoid it if this isn't for you. Thanks for understanding!

A companion novel in the same series: "The Rose's Coronation"

Ji Xinglai and Song Yuyi

Romantic madman x adorable rose

"The rose is willing to offer its fragrance to its romantic madman."

"Love is a lucid madness, a raging tide that sweeps away reason."

Ji Xinglai always said flowers had memories, and raindrops left kisses on the petals of hydrangeas.

Later, Song Yuyi discovered the same mark on his shoulder. It was the warmth of Ji Xinglai's fingertips when they first met on a rainy night, and the breath by his ear during their late-night lessons.

One day, while tending to the flowers at the change of seasons, Ji Xinglai suddenly took his muddy hand.

"Song Yuyi, the greenhouse humidity gauge is broken. Your eyes are damper than last night's rain and mist."

When the wind chime rang,

Eighteen Ecuadorian roses bowed their heads in unison,

For they heard someone gently press the blade of a pruning shear against the sound of three words.

"I love you."

Theme: Be happy every day and be your happiest self.