[A secret crush becomes mutual love from the male lead's perspective; friends become lovers from the female lead's perspective]
[Male lead's secret crush + golden boy + everyone loves him]
Male lead's perspective:
1. Everyone says Song Huaixu was born with a sense of distance, impossible to get close to. Even he doesn't know how he ended up on the one-way road of a secret crush.
He can't even bring himself to say "Chi Zhenyi" out loud.
He's afraid she'll find out.
And she has no idea.
"Your eyes are so pretty."
"Your voice is lovely, too."
"Study hard. You don't want to sit next to me anymore?"
She completely wears down his defenses.
2. Song Huaixu first meets Chi Zhenyi because of a painting that seems lifeless. He skates past her and is invited to model for it.
Later, she gives him a painting with her signature on it: Cheyenne.
Song Huaixu wonders whether the painting from that day also has the same signature.
He wants to ask, but she probably doesn't know that he was the model.
Later, Song Huaixu receives a birthday present: the painting from the day they first met.
By then, Chi Zhenyi is pursuing him.
Female lead's perspective:
1. The times are moving steadily forward, but Mingluo remains stuck in the past. Mingluo No. 1 High School, once ranked first in all three annual rankings for two years running, has gradually declined. In recent years, it hasn't even sent a single student to Beijing University.
Then, one year, a girl appears and breaks the deadlock, bringing the school within reach of its former glory.
2. Chi Zhenyi's youthful feelings come from her uncontrollable possessiveness.
When she's with friends, she feels uneasy if their attention drifts to the boys they like while she's talking.
When it comes to someone she likes, she feels just as upset when he talks to other girls.
Unable to control her intense possessiveness, she runs away to calm down on her own. As for what comes next, whether she'll grow closer or pull away, she can't predict that either.
But then Song Huaixu appears and takes her hand, demanding, "You're running away again, aren't you? What happens after that? Are you going to stop talking to me?"
Chi Zhenyi wants to correct him: "It's not that I won't talk to you..." She just won't be the one to reach out first.
Ignoring someone is still wrong. You should show them basic respect.
Before she can finish, Song Huaixu speaks again, his voice a little hoarse. "Chi Zhenyi, you can have me all to yourself."
[Reading guide]
1. The female lead is flawed and possessive to the point of being a little extreme. Don't read if that's not your thing, though it doesn't stop everyone from loving her.
2. She interacts differently with different people, and each person needs to be comforted in their own way. Maybe that's part of why everyone loves her?
3. The female lead is gifted at studying and outperforms the entire school. Don't read if that's not your thing.
4. The male lead doesn't take the initiative, and the female lead is completely oblivious at first. He won't try to seduce her, so don't read if that's not your thing.
Theme: Just be yourself.
