Slow to Warm [Campus]

A cool but gentle, thoughtful basketball boy x a cheerful, radiant dance girl

As the only child in her family, Cheng Nianyao grew up doted on by her family. She was like a blank sheet of paper, full of beautiful fantasies about the world.

On the first day of school, she spotted a boy with his sleeves rolled up and a brick in his hand, standing in a chaotic alley. The others were split into two groups, poised to fight. The boy turned and looked at her, his cold, fierce gaze meeting hers. Like a startled rabbit, Cheng Nianyao lowered her head and hurried away.

Later, she saw him again in her new class and became his desk mate. Cheng Nianyao shook her head, thinking she should stay away from someone as dangerous as him.

But when class ended, he blocked her from leaving her seat. Confusion colored his voice as he asked, "Do you really not want to sit next to me?"

When the first ray of sunlight enters the abyss, the person inside can no longer bear to remain in the darkness forever.

For Lin Qin, Cheng Nianyao was that ray of light, fleeting, yet one he wanted to hold on to forever.

From then on, every year when the fireworks lit up the sky, he made a wish for that fleeting beauty, hoping his light would save him forever.

Even after standing in the rain all night without getting a single response from her, Lin Qin still believed that the ray of light would shine into the abyss again and illuminate the rest of his life.

She was his childhood sweetheart when he was seventeen, the unexpected girl who appeared in his life at twenty-three, and the love of his entire youth.

A little scene:

Not long after Cheng Nianyao returned from abroad, declarations of love for her flooded the posts on Lin Qin's team forum. Each post had an anonymous reply.

[Don't even think about it. She's hard to win over!]

[Dreaming would be more realistic. Actually, you can't even dream about it.]

[She's too sweet. Don't go bothering her.]

After his teammates exposed him as the one behind the replies, Lin Qin remained completely unfazed. "Yeah, it was me."

At last, when Cheng Nianyao was holding a pile of love letters and gifts, Lin Qin ran out from his hiding place and took them all away, then handed her a blue envelope. He complained angrily, "Didn't I tell them not to bother you? Why won't they listen?"

When their friends discussed what kind of guys she might like, Lin Qin answered without even looking up, "Someone like me."

Everyone dismissed him and even started discussing how they could win her over. He slammed the table and stood up, his voice hoarse. "Stop going after her. She's my girlfriend!"

*School life + city life

*Dance instructor later on x basketball player

*The leads don't date during high school; they focus on studying

*Both are each other's first; one-on-one romance; rekindled love

*He has a secret crush on her; happy ending

Theme: Become the person you want to be