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[Tomato-platform version]
She chased her crush for five years and got rejected. When she gave up, he fell apart.
[Highbrow version]
Others only saw her being rejected. They didn't know she was the one who decided when to drop anchor and when to set sail.
[Official version]
Jiang Qinying fell for Zhang Yiheng at first sight. She pursued him earnestly, and when he rejected her first confession, she wasn't angry. Instead, she became even more determined, declaring that she would keep pursuing him and confess three times. If he rejected her a third time, only then would she give up for good.
That declaration was an anchor thrown into the depths of Zhang Yiheng's heart.
Once an anchor is dropped, the ship stays moored at sea.
She anchored herself firmly first, so no one could move her.
As time passed, Zhang Yiheng grew accustomed to that anchor taking root in his heart, and to the ship remaining moored in the sea of his heart.
He kept waiting for her third confession.
Instead, he got: “Sorry, that was just a harmless little joke. There won't be a third confession.”
In truth, after her second confession was rejected, Jiang Qinying suddenly understood: “Because a man with a brain wouldn't marry a woman everyone finds lovable.”
She said there would be a third time, but in her heart she knew there wouldn't. The whole third-confession thing had just been to tease him.
Theme: Stay focused on the main path of your life.
