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"A secret crush is like a bitter summer."
In the summer of 2019, a story about a secret crush suddenly went viral online. On a coworker's recommendation, Shen Qingli opened it.
Everything in the story, from the grass to the trees, felt familiar and real. Someone even claimed that the author was a senior from their high school.
On a whim, she opened the author's Weibo page. One comment under a post caught her attention: "If you had to describe your secret crush in two words, what would they be?"
Shen Qingli stared at the comment for a long time. In the end, she typed two words on her phone to answer the question: "Bitter summer."
A hazy image of a boy from her memories surfaced alongside the sweltering summer heat. Unlike most people's typical secret crushes, she had secretly loved the person she hated most.
One scorching afternoon, he had been caught in the rain with her. They had shared a private secret, too. And that same summer, she heard him say with her own ears that he had never known her.
*The comment question comes from the internet.
*Sensitive, gentle girl vs. cold-faced, warm-hearted boy
*Tragic secret-crush romance
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Message: The past is gone.
After reading Xia Qing's perspective, I felt even more regretful. In fact, when I finished reading it, I was wondering if their endings would be different if Xia Qing returned to China. After I finished the second reading today, I felt that their ending could only be like this. It was a dead end. The two of them had some fate. It seemed that the fate was missed and they could not meet again.
It's just a plane ticket, but there are too many gaps in between 😭 😭 😭
When I read the previous chapters, I felt that 🍐's character was particularly twisted and sensitive. He kept things to himself and could never speak out when he was wronged. In fact, a large part of the formation of 🍐's character came from his family. What impressed me most was the misunderstandings from his family. The two plots of Unspoken Words at the Breakfast Shop are almost compact, so when I watched this part of the content, a huge sense of suffocation hit me, making me breathless. I hate my parents' unreasonableness, and also because 🍐 and Xia Qing didn't I was angry at the explanation I had spoken. When I was the most angry, I even complained about my sister's incompetence. But later I felt guilty because of my own thoughts. I shouldn't blame my sister harshly. When I think about it carefully, my sister was also helpless. I shouldn't blame my sister because 🍐 and Xia Qing didn't tell her. The words spoken were angry, and any form of miss was okay, but the words left unsaid were due to a misunderstanding. I am too old to see this, Zhijiu. From a God's perspective, I already knew their endings. Everything was just to promote the development of the plot. I actually like the second half better than the first half. The first half is too depressing and distressing. It makes me feel like a puppet on strings. No matter what happens, I have to be controlled by my parents and obey the arrangements. The later part 🍐 begins to have its own consciousness, will resist, and will have its own emotions. However, the first half and the second half are closely connected. There are really a lot of foreshadowings in the first half. In fact, my favorite plot is Xia Qing's maintenance🍐, and the plot of d➕ being trained. I really want the story to develop at this pace🥹But in this case, it will deviate from the original track of the article. It hurts too much. I hope Zhijiu won't write about little mutes in the next book💢💢💢I also want to see you try more themes, see you in the next book!
Did Xia Qing finally become a designer?
2026.4.2 Bitter Summer
The pear necklace designed by Xia Qing 😭😭
I'm here. I finally subscribed to Kuxia today. I'm so happy. I'll slowly review it. Jiujiu's speed is too fast. I haven't watched it for only a few weeks and our "Bitter Summer" has already ended [vomiting blood]
Happy New Year, Zhijiu, and good luck in your career in the New Year!
When will you publish a new article [Dog's Head Holds a Rose]
Looking forward to Jiujiu's next book!