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I hope you all will add Green Lime Falling into Midsummer to your library. Its description is below.

The summer she was thirteen was when the boy became her neighbor.

They got to know each other and became friends.

Later, they went to the same school from middle school through high school, and the boy's excellence drew the girl toward becoming a better person.

Perhaps falling for Zhang Jingqin was something she could never have avoided.

She had a secret crush on him, so she could only keep it to herself. But because of him, she became a better person.

In the beginning, the girl was full of unspoken thoughts and always wrote what she wanted to say in her diary:

2012/01/22

Zhang Jingqin, beneath the fireworks, I've fallen for you for another year.

I love this year's fireworks because you're here.

May every year bring peace, and may every year bring health and happiness.

In the end, she let go of the boy she'd loved for so long during her adolescence and continued toward a better life.

The last page read:

2024/02/11

Zhang Jingqin, this year's fireworks are prettier than the ones you showed me back then.

But after all these years, it seems that display of fireworks is still the most vivid memory I have.

The earth keeps turning, and people change.

From now on, you go south and I go north. We will never meet again.

Zhang Jingqin, congratulations on your wedding!

[Content warning: Bittersweet ending. An ordinary girl's story of unrequited love. It's very ordinary, and not many wonderful things happen in the story. The heroine's crush is shown through everyday moments, because unrequited love is like a dream. When you wake up, everything returns to reality.]

Description of Green Lime Falling into Midsummer:

Blurb One

Her friends often teased her, saying Yan Yin couldn't possibly like Chen Yu. Only she knew that, in his heart, he saw her as nothing more than a friend.

Yan Yin naturally treated Chen Yu as a friend too. At least if they were friends, they could still see each other.

Then midsummer arrived, the weather turned hot, and the girl stood around a corner, overhearing Chen Yu talking with his friend.

"So, what do you think of Yan Yin?"

"What do I think of Yan Yin? She's just an ordinary friend. What else is there to say?"

From then on, Yan Yin accepted what their relationship was and stopped entertaining any hopes.

Unrequited love is bittersweet, like a green lime. It can only ever play a supporting role.

Blurb Two:

One day, Yan Yin came across a post about "secret crushes". It reminded her of someone she'd had a crush on in high school.

She instinctively clicked on it. The top-liked comment caught her eye, and she read it word by word. The girl described in the comment seemed familiar, and when she looked at the replies, she realized it was a boy's secret crush.

"Did you think you were the only one with a crush on me?" Just as she finished reading, before she could react, Chen Yu spoke from behind her. He had been standing there for a long time.

The man's voice was low. His peach-blossom eyes were fixed on Yan Yin's phone, taking in everything on the screen.

He moved closer, his cool scent surrounding Yan Yin. Taking advantage of her distraction, he snatched her phone away.

Yan Yin turned around. Chen Yu had one hand on her slender waist and leaned down slightly, his tender gaze fixed on the girl he'd been secretly in love with for so long.

"Dear Miss Yan Yin, you're not the only one who's had a secret crush. I've been part of it too."

"I've always, always liked you..."

Theme: May every year bring peace.