The Golden Hairpin Heroine’s Dream

[Secretly loving you is like walking through the night with a lantern. Along the long road, the brightest thing isn’t the destination, but you yourself.] On her twelfth birthday, her parents divorced. Qiu Xuan ran away from home, only to be found by Jiang Chuhuai, the neighbor she’d disliked since childhood. In that moment, he became the “shoujo manga hero” who appeared in her bleak world. Later, when she wanted to ask how he had found her, his family had already moved away, leaving an empty house. Two years later, when she learned he was in Dongzhou, she immediately agreed to transfer schools. When she heard he was aiming for a top high school, she worked herself to the bone to get into No. 1 High School, too. One day, a gossip post about Jiang Chuhuai appeared on No. 1 High School’s campus forum. The comments were full of certainty: “Jiang Chuhuai and Bai Yifei are dating! Bai Yifei was the first to call him by his childhood nickname!” Qiu Xuan replied in an instant: “Bullshit. I was the first!” Aloof, devoted top student vs. mischievous, rebellious girl Heroine (ready to take on the world): rocking a tough-girl look while pursuing pure, unrequited love Hero (cool-faced cleanup crew): the steadiest character pulls the wildest stunts A coming-of-age story, with two imperfect people. - *The age of the golden hairpin: a term for a girl’s twelfth year *You are the heroic dream in an exhausting life - Free to read while serializing No outline, just writing as I go. I may revise, but I’m only responsible for the version on Jinjiang~ Theme: I can, but I don’t have to