Secretly in Love with Ice Cream

[Second male lead takes the heroine / School and family ensemble / Coming of age]

Sunny girl x cool, cocky boy

In high school, Shu Yue had a crush on the wild and carefree Xu Weian.

One day after school, beneath a gloomy sky, Shu Yue walked out of the school building and saw Xu Weian with a pretty girl. He took off his jacket and draped it over her shoulders. The two smiled sweetly and walked out of school side by side.

Her secret crush was something she couldn't tell anyone about. Shu Yue could only swallow the bitterness in her throat.

Thunder roared, and raindrops fell onto her trembling eyelashes. Just then, an umbrella blocked her view.

Shu Yue turned around. Her archrival, Shen Huaian, stood behind her holding the umbrella. His voice wasn't as lazy as it usually was when they traded barbs. It carried a hint of seriousness and tenderness.

"Don't cry."

"You don't look pretty at all when you cry."

Years later

A classmate got married and invited Shu Yue and their old high school friends to the wedding.

Shen Huaian and Xu Weian were invited, too.

As they toasted and drank at the wedding banquet, a classmate teased Shu Yue about how she'd had a thing for Xu Weian back in high school. Now that they'd met again, maybe there was a chance for sparks to fly between them.

Seeing how open and radiant Shu Yue had become, Xu Weian felt a stirring in his heart and thought about rekindling their romance. After the banquet, he found Shu Yue's car and knocked on the window. Bringing up their school days, he tried to talk to her further.

But inside the car, Shen Huaian had Shu Yue pinned to her seat, his scorching kiss landing at the corner of her lips. In a low, husky voice, he said:

"I don't want to see him. Tell him to leave."

If Xu Weian was the fizzy candy of Shu Yue's school days, its sweetness always wrapped in a lingering tang of bitterness,

then Shen Huaian was Shu Yue's sweet ice cream cone. He reappeared in her life during the summer when she broke free from her cocoon, bringing her favorite kind of pure, icy sweetness.

A story about a girl's growth. A slow burn, with a focus on everyday life.

Theme: Breaking free from your cocoon