"Sparse woods and level fields, the road I came by clear before my eyes."
Song Shuyu skipped a grade. His high score, placing him among the top twenty in the city, and his good looks made him a local legend among the neighbors.
So, at fourteen, the young pear who had secretly loved him began writing in her diary: "Pei Sulin's dream is to get into Imperial University. Of course, Song Shuyu is part of that dream, too."
She had never imagined a future in which she failed to get into Imperial University, and never doubted that she could stand by Song Shuyu's side.
Even though she never came close to the admissions rankings in any of the mock exams that followed, and even though she and Song Shuyu weren't particularly close.
She couldn't explain why she sent him so many one-sided messages or why she secretly competed with him. Maybe she liked him. Maybe. Who could say for sure?
The year of the college entrance exam, she had a real chance of getting in, but bad luck struck. The Chinese and math exams were unusually difficult, and she was forced to go somewhere far away. On the plane to Yuwan, she had never been so keenly aware that she was getting farther and farther away from him.
As an adult, the young pear suddenly realized that not one of her wishes had come true.
Well... men and the exam-centered education system had ruined her happiness in life. TT
Those who love you will love you for who you are. Everything else is merely an added poetic meter.
In the latter half, the male lead helps expose the trap of academic elitism in the ivory tower of school.
An unconventional story of secret love, with a nontraditional bittersweet feel.
Song Shuyu x Pei Sulin
Catlike, taciturn, aloof top student x sensitive, insecure, hardworking girl
Theme: Those who love you will love you for who you are. Everything else is merely an added poetic meter.
