Late Spring and Morning Vitality [Secret Crush]

[Undergoing major revisions. The missing parts will be added later. My next book, You Have My Name in Yours, features a mischievous rebellious girl and a handsome, aloof, old-fashioned guy. Please add it to your reading list.]

[Bright and brave innocent girl × cool, cunning, yet gentle and devoted man]

"Just tend your flowers. Spring and butterflies will come to you."

---- Blurb ----

Only after You Chaohe fell for Yu Xinmu did she discover that he had once had a longtime unrequited love.

The words "unrequited love" struck like thunder, exploding in her blank mind.

The feelings budding quietly in her heart made her want to draw close to him and keep her distance at the same time.

But one thing he said broke through her last line of defense. He said, "I want to watch the snow with you."

She didn't want to keep suppressing the feelings hidden in her heart. She believed that if you liked someone, you should be brave enough to say so.

**

On the eve of the New Year, Yu Xinmu flew to America and mysteriously lost contact. Unable to reach him for a long time, You Chaohe was left waiting in heartache.

Then, on New Year's Day, beneath a gray sky and in the bitter wind, her upperclassman walked her home and tied a black scarf around her neck.

When she turned around, a haggard, fair face came into view. His narrow, peach-blossom eyes were inscrutable, a cold glint flickering within them.

Her expression was cool. "I thought you weren't coming back."

Yu Xinmu curled his lips. "I told you I'd watch the next snowfall with you."

You Chaohe's indifference faded, and her heart gave a strange little squeeze.

He gave her a sharp look and frowned as he strode up. Without a word, he took off the loose black scarf and wrapped his own gray scarf tightly around her neck.

"Chaoqi, I mean that I like you."

In that instant, a snowflake landed on her long black lashes.

**

Yu Xinmu really did have an unrequited love.

The day before he started college, a bright-eyed girl had bravely rescued him from a desperate situation.

He remembered her smiling brightly at him and asking, one word at a time, "My name is You Chaohe. What's yours?"

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"Late spring, morning air so clear, your heart burns within." From "Four Songs of Wistful Love by Wuziye, No. 4" by Deng Yunxiao, Ming dynasty

P.S.

1. Six-year age gap / both first-timers / happy ending

2. All company and place names in the story are fictional.

3. Updated blurb dated 2024.10.17

---- Blurb for When the Wind Sways the Lotus ----

[Pure and aloof × Refined scoundrel]

1.

Li Qinghe first met Lin Jinting during lotus season.

Wearing a new-style Chinese dance dress in overlapping shades of pink and white, Li Qinghe stepped off the stage amid the audience's cheers and applause. The dean of the academy introduced them warmly: "Qinghe, this is Mr. Lin Jinting, our dance academy's sponsor. He often comes to watch our performances."

The man was elegant and refined, wearing gold-rimmed glasses. Behind the lenses, his amber eyes held an inscrutable smile as he nodded to her.

Li Qinghe had refined features. She gave him a brief glance and replied with a simple, "Hello."

At the time, she was a rising dance star, with countless people eager to meet her. Lin Jinting was only one of them.

2.

When Li Qinghe graduated, she somehow became the target of public condemnation, and her dance career came to a halt.

The people who had once adored her could raise her high, then grind her into the mud.

She thought no one would ever come for her again.

Later, with no other choice, she went on a blind date and met Lin Jinting again. She spoke plainly: "I'm only here to do what my elders asked. If you are, too, then let's call it off."

Lin Jinting smiled, meeting her cool gaze. "I'm not. I came here especially for you."

3.

The following summer, Li Qinghe returned to the stage. As she searched the dim audience for that gentle, dignified face, she caught sight of Lin Jinting sitting beside the woman rumored to be his arranged-marriage partner.

After that, Li Qinghe turned down every invitation from Lin Jinting. Then one night, after a performance, a tall, shadowy figure blocked her path on an arched bridge in her residential complex.

Lin Jinting's voice was as smooth as jade. "Xiaohe, you used me and now you want to throw me away."

The warm night breeze brought sweat to her back. As she had the first time they met, she gave him a cold glance. "I've thought it over. Mr. Lin and I aren't right for each other."

The lotuses in the pond beneath the bridge stood in graceful bloom. A dragonfly landed silently on one and stayed there, no matter how the wind blew.

Lin Jinting dropped his usual gentleness, and the light flashing on his lenses turned sharp. "How could we not be right for each other? Xiaohe, we're made for one another."

"Even if you're mired in the mud, I'll still come for you."

"You and I were made for each other." From the song "The Silken Strings"

Love at first sight / Healing and redemption / Long-planned romance / A sense of fate / Five-year age gap / A powerful man bows his head

P.S.

1. Both are first-timers, happy ending.

2. The male lead has kept himself pure. The arranged-marriage partner is a misunderstanding.

3. Blurb dated 2024.11.1

Theme: Love takes courage, and it takes walking side by side.