Spring Isn't Far Away

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Contemporary campus romance, happy ending, coming soon: So Young

Contemporary campus romance, tragic ending, coming soon: The Future Will Send Us Our Separate Ways

[Blurb]

She said spring was just around the corner

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☆ History researcher x devoted rich second-generation ☆

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Cheng Yuan, the eldest daughter of the Cheng family, was gentle and reserved, confident and poised. She was the kind of younger woman the older generation in the capital adored. At twenty-six and still unmarried, she was a highly sought-after daughter-in-law candidate.

Xu Jiawen was the younger son of the Xu family, whom they had never been strict about raising. With such an outstanding older brother to outshine him, he seemed particularly childish and immature, and the elders of every family looked down on him.

In everyone's eyes, their paths in life should never have crossed.

Yet beneath countless London sunsets, Xu Jiawen had deliberately passed through the streets where she was, again and again.

Knowing his chances were slim, Xu Jiawen never dared reveal his feelings. He kept his love buried deep, allowing himself only to admire her from afar.

Then, at a party, his mother pointed out Cheng Yuan, who stood out from the crowd, and asked him, "Don't you think Miss Cheng and your brother would make a good match?"

Xu Jiawen came to his senses. If he didn't take the initiative now, he might never get another chance.

Cheng Yuan loved flowers and plants, so he carefully tended a wall of roses in his backyard.

Cheng Yuan had a dog, so he worked hard to overcome his fear of dogs and get closer to his future "stepson."

When a teacher at Cheng Yuan's school confessed his feelings to her, Xu Jiawen was the first to object.

When Cheng Yuan's younger brother was home for vacation, he eagerly went to pick him up, hoping to make a good impression on her family.

After pursuing her with such persistence, Xu Jiawen really did win Cheng Yuan over.

To Cheng Yuan, it was an ordinary day like any other, until a young man who looked several years younger than her stood before her, his ears red.

"Miss Cheng... could I have your contact information?"

Perhaps because their families were close, or perhaps because his gaze was so sincere it seemed to shine, Cheng Yuan didn't refuse.

As it happened, from that day on, her future was tied to this man.

After Cheng Yuan and Xu Jiawen got together, they sent shockwaves through the capital's social circles. The Xu family simply couldn't believe that the good-for-nothing Xu Jiawen had managed to win Miss Cheng over. They assumed he was dreaming.

Only when Xu Jiawen really did stroll into the Xu family residence hand in hand with Cheng Yuan did his family finally believe it was true.

Not long afterward, the once good-for-nothing Second Young Master Xu declared that he would turn over a new leaf and become a better person.

His friends all sighed that even heroes fall for beauty, and that Second Young Master Xu had given up his freedom for life for his fairy-like older sister.

But the following year, Xu Jiawen really did use his own efforts to turn a struggling little company into a thriving business. When word got out, the capital's spoiled young men were all forced to get "real-world experience." They suffered miserably and held Xu Jiawen, now promoted to CEO, up as a role model.

By then, the man himself was already living a life of wedded bliss with his beloved, envied by all the immortals.

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I will cherish

the love I waited so, so long to encounter

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[Reading Guide]

* Happy ending | First love for both | He pursues her | Older woman, younger man | Three-year age gap | The hero grows over time

* The heroine has no romantic connection with the hero's older brother

* The author is an amateur. Please don't scrutinize the academic content in the story

* Romance-focused, with the career plot kept simple

* The secondary couple's story is angsty but has a happy ending

* My writing skills are limited. Feedback is welcome

* The story is told equally from both leads' perspectives

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---- Coming soon: So Young ----

I want to plant a flower in her barren heart

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Sensitive moon x passionate sun

Updated daily

Both leads are each other's first | Campus | Some urban life | Happy ending | Mutual pursuit | Unrequited love becomes mutual

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Years later, the story of Chen Xuchu and Song Zhuoyuan was still told at Pingnan No. 1 High School.

Everyone was curious about the handsome and talented pair, including the hit song "Miss A Yin," which people said was written by the senior for his junior.

But no one ever came forward to confirm or deny it.

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For the first seventeen years of her life, Chen Xuchu had only one goal: getting into the best university.

No one had demanded it of her, but she had always had a drive deep inside, as if she had to live up to her name, Xuchu. That was, until her parents transferred her enrollment to Pingnan No. 1 High School in her second year of high school.

She made real friends, and met a boy named Song Zhuoyuan.

He taught her, step by step, to believe in herself. Little by little, he cleared away the fog and helped her understand who she was, revealing a brand-new, vivid version of Chen Xuchu.

He was someone who would change her life.

But for a long time, Chen Xuchu didn't know why he helped her so much. She finally understood when he left for pre-exam training and asked her to pack up his books. That's when she found his discarded draft.

It was a set of lyrics for a song called "Miss A Yin."

He liked her.

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At the start of the second semester of their second year of high school, a girl transferred to their class from a neighboring school known as "really good."

He didn't care at all. His grades were average, and no matter how impressive she was, she couldn't threaten his "ordinary" standing. But their homeroom teacher specifically told him to talk to her more.

"She's different," the teacher said.

At first, Song Zhuoyuan didn't take those words to heart. Later, when other people mentioned Chen Xuchu by name, he heard himself say, "She's different."

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Later, when Song Zhuoyuan appeared on a variety show, he was asked how he'd ended up with the girl he liked.

He could barely contain himself as he announced to the world, "She asked me, 'Should we get together?'"

The host beside him was bewildered. "So... Teacher Song was that happy?"

The person beside him raised an eyebrow. "Of course!"

How could he not be? She was the girl he'd secretly liked for so long.

We were so wonderful at eighteen, so young

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Psychology researcher x singer-songwriter

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[Content Notes]

◎ The author is an amateur. Information on psychology and music comes from the internet. Feedback is welcome.

◎ This is a slow-paced, slice-of-life story.

◎ There is a secondary couple.

◎ There is very, very, very little entertainment-industry content, with no real-life inspiration.

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Note: None of the characters engage in any intimate behavior before reaching adulthood!

Theme: Grow together with the person you love.