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A roguishly handsome capital-city guy x an unflappable Hong Kong girl. The latest Hong Kong school story, Burning Summer, is now underway.
Mingyi Girls' School and Mingyi Boys' School have long been hailed as the best schools in Hong Kong. Their students excel not only academically, but also in sports and music.
After the start of her second year of high school, Lu Qingxiang noticed all the girls talking about a transfer student at the boys' school.
Her friend gossiped: "Jin Li, 185 centimeters, fair-skinned, gorgeous, long legs, roguishly handsome, and loaded. He's good at swimming, track and field, and basketball, and plays violin and erhu... His Beijing accent has everyone copying the way he adds an 'r' sound to words."
Lu Qingxiang: "Oh."
She remembered that day when a typhoon hit and the Observatory hoisted the highest-level No. 10 signal. She was working at an icehouse in Tsim Sha Tsui when a boy came in with the raging wind. While on the phone, he said:
"Get lost, get lost, you're the one who ran away."
"Go home? Which home? We don't even have a home anymore."
"I'm at a boys' school, surrounded by guys. Even the mosquitoes are male."
*
Girls flocked to Jin Li's Instagram account. He casually posted a view from his window, and people started speculating about which building he lived in.
The school had always encouraged students to socialize normally. While everyone was busy socializing, Lu Qingxiang quietly worked part-time. She had endless practice problems to solve and endless shifts to work.
At a party, someone asked Jin Li: "What kind of girl do you like?"
Jin Li lazily lifted his eyes. "Huh, you don't know?"
Everyone: "Know what?"
Jin Li: "I already have someone. She's at your school."
Everyone: ...
Faced with her friend's frantic questions, Lu Qingxiang, fresh off her shift, remained calm:
She was only pretending to be his girlfriend for a fee.
She needed money.
*
Years later, a three-year-old told Jin Li: "Uncle, Mom says, 'Look at you. Is that any way to date someone?'"
What was it like? The man who had just been rejected after proposing narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment:
Like going through a hurricane.
The Observatory had raised the No. 10 signal.
Content notes:
1. The school is based on a real one, but many details are fictional. Please don't assume it refers to anyone in particular.
2. To fit the setting, the story includes some Cantonese and English.
3. School life and urban life.
Blurb for Most Fond Of You [Hong Kong School]:
[Cool and gentle x easygoing girl, three-year age gap]
Six months ago, Jiang Wu transferred from mainland China to Hong Kong and enrolled at the prestigious old Tino Middle School. The school heartthrob was her brother. When school started in September, rumors spread that the former heartthrob was returning, putting her brother's crown at risk.
Jiang Wu didn't believe it!
Then she ran into a cool, handsome, long-legged boy at a convenience store. When he heard she was just two stamps short of redeeming a cat plushie, he casually gave her two.
Everyone expected the two heartthrobs to be at each other's throats. Instead, they hit it off.
The girl secretly edged closer and asked him in her unpracticed Cantonese:
"What's your star sign, blood type, and MBTI?"
"Do you have a girlfriend yet?"
"What type do you like best?"
"Don't get the wrong idea, I'm asking for the girls in my class!!!" (Very loudly)
Zhou Mocheng: "..."
*
In Jiang Wu's eyes, Zhou Mocheng seemed cool and distant, but he was gentle to the core. He took careful, thoughtful care of her and made her feel warm all over.
There's a Cantonese word, "daam tong," describing the happy feeling of having candy in your mouth, and also the feeling of liking or having a crush on someone. Jiang Wu thought she might have started to "daam tong" over him.
Just as she was gathering the courage to confess, the taciturn Zhou Mocheng contacted his friend first: "Can I date your sister?"
"Are you insane? Stay away from my sister!"
"Okay."
That day, Jiang Wu got her heart broken.
Later, amid the yellow leaves swirling through the capital, the cool, handsome boy asked if he could pursue her.
Jiang Wu, of course, turned him down.
Content notes:
1. The early story is set at a Hong Kong school, and the later story in mainland China. Three-year age gap.
2. The male lead may have to work hard to win her back.
3. The story includes Cantonese, with translations.
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Theme: Male and female classmates working together to achieve great things.
The first book I read was Loving You. At that time, I shed tears in my heart when I read the deep part of love. As for Qingfu and Jin Li, I only felt sorry for him. Jin Li is affectionate, delicate, gentle, mature, and childish like a boy. It is true that he is not a perfect person, but I really want to give him all the words of praise. I have read a lot of novels and watched a lot of affectionate male protagonists. But Jin Li, maybe it is his careless, affectionate, careful and never forceful attitude that attracts me. I really like their life together. I think the ideal love of the other half is nothing more than this, but after all, the reality is cruel. How can there be such a boy? After reading it late at night, I feel sour in my heart and burst into tears. The two years between Qingfu and Jin Li made me regretful. Looking at them from Lin Haoxuan's perspective later moved me again, and I have countless words in my heart. Finally, I am very grateful to the author for writing this story and giving me an ideal.
Although it's a pity that I missed the serialization period, I finally finished reading it today. It's so beautiful and the love is warm and sweet.
It's about to be published [Cat Head] I'm so happy
Very nice! The writing and plot are very smooth, but it's a bit strange to abbreviate WhatsApp as whats. Is there such a thing?
I was also wondering why the name of the school was changed in the second year. It turns out that's how it is. I still think Diocesan sounds better. Hehehe. Baby, your writing is really great! I love reading your Hong Kong school articles the most! After reading this article, it's still a bit weird to read others. I'll never forget it! Hope you can keep at it! I will always support you 🤩 🤩 🤩
I have never dared to read the extras because I thought the story would be over after reading it, and I have been with it from the serialization period until now. I finally had the courage to watch the rest of the ending today. I believe that my cousin and the young master will always be happy, and in real life, we will still be with each other for a long time.
It's been a long time since I've seen such heart-warming writing. I really like this story. The Cantonese and Hong Kong place names in it are very friendly. The cousin and the young master's family in the parallel world will be happy forever! The author must keep writing. From now on, I am a fan of your books.
Ah, can you write an if line extra 555? If the mother is not sick, there is no difference between the two.
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It's really huge and beautiful, and the flowers are spread at the end 💪