[A science-track top student turns a secret crush into reality x a humanities-track girl who realizes it late | From school uniforms to wedding gowns]
Cheng Mingyi has plenty of secrets:
His fever after getting soaked in the rain during ninth grade was unbelievably convenient.
He held onto the mint candy he offered her at the sports meet until it melted before he finally worked up the nerve to hand it over.
He wrote "Nanjing University" on his college application with more care than he did on his Tsinghua recommendation letter.
Jiang Louyue has plenty of questions:
Why does she always catch the scent of cedar at the finish line of the 800-meter race?
Why does the demo accidentally played on the school radio sound so much like the song she hums to herself?
For the high-speed train tickets from Beijing to Nanjing, someone has collected sunsets from all four seasons.
"Youth is a secret crush with no one watching over the exam."
He secretly keeps every essay she writes for Chinese class, and she treasures his exam papers covered in formulas.
Later, Lin Sui shakes a glass jar filled with candy wrappers. "Did it start with that throat lozenge after tutoring?"
Cheng Mingyi takes her hand. "No. It started when you picked up my eraser and said my circuit diagram looked really good."
Reading guide
- A bittersweet, sweet story about secret crushes, made up entirely of little things from student life.
- The male lead is a devoted, puppy-like Samoyed; the female lead is a slow-to-catch-on little ray of sunshine. They talk through every misunderstanding.
Theme: Study hard, long live youth
