Summer Solstice Heartache [A Secret Crush Comes True]

'Unrequited love is my heart putting itself on display. You come first, and one glance is all it takes for me to fall.'

A rebellious, fake underachiever queen vs. a handsome, truly top-student bad boy

1.

Everyone thought Song Baiyu was crazy for skipping a grade and transferring to Nan Feng No. 2 Middle School for a school-bully-level troublemaker!

When she was harassed at a barbecue restaurant, he didn't play the hero. Instead, he put on a show of a flirtatious puppy feeding her a drink.

His group of friends: "Qi, you're using a pretty wild technique to pick up girls!"

Gu Qi, looking carefree: "Kid, how's the drink your big brother fed you?"

Song Baiyu: Ugh, you poured it straight onto the ground! That's watering the dirt, not feeding me a drink!

2.

Gu Qi kept making things difficult for Song Baiyu until she started thinking about transferring. She was done with this school!

But suddenly he went into "conch fairy" mode, delivering a daily combo of soup dumplings and strawberry milk.

When she had a fever, he brought her a robot he'd made himself, along with a sweet line:

"In this world, Student Gu Qi is no good to anyone but Little Song Baiyu."

One day, Song Baiyu happened to see the memo on his phone: A Hundred Ways to Raise a Little Sweet Bun.

Entry 52: Qi's little sweet bun deserves to be spoiled like a princess, pampered until she can do whatever she wants, and then reeled in.

Song Baiyu: Are you raising a pet or something?

Only later did Song Baiyu learn that he remembered her period dates more clearly than math formulas.

3.

Song Baiyu hid her feelings for Gu Qi in her sketchbook, in a glass jar, and on a wishing tree, hoping that one day her wish would come true.

She waited and waited. She never got Gu Qi showing up with osmanthus cakes to confess his feelings. Instead, she got: "Song Baiyu, let's end this here!"

Great. She didn't get to eat any osmanthus cake, and instead he left her with a head full of bumps.

Two years later, they ran into each other again at the barbecue restaurant. He pulled her into the backyard, wrapped her in his arms, and bent down to kiss her.

"Gu Qi, you jerk... Mmph!" Her protest was silenced with a kiss. The taste of mint surged through her world, as if she'd returned to that summer.

"You've missed me, haven't you?"

"What makes you so sure that after two years, I still can't forget you?"

"It's been two years, and you're still wearing the sun-bead bracelet I gave you. You still look at me the same way you used to."

When Gu Qi saw the sheen of tears in her eyes, his heart ached. At last, the usually unruly boy gave in and pleaded:

"Little sweet bun, please, let's make up!"

"Romance never runs aground. The boy I love will always charge bravely ahead."

[Extra Scene]

Song Baiyu: "Gu Qi, do you ever think we're destined to come from two different worlds?"

Gu Qi: "Why?"

"You were born on the winter solstice, and I was born on the summer solstice. One is winter and one is summer, opposite seasons."

"They're not opposite seasons, they're complementary ones. Summer solstice complements winter solstice."

The boy's voice fell softly, yet his tone was certain, like crisp drumbeats striking the girl's heart.

Reading Guide:

1. Both leads are each other's first and only, both are inexperienced, HE

2. Mutual unrequited love, mutual salvation, small-town fiction, ensemble school cast, lighthearted tone

3. High school in the first part, university later, with high school as the focus

4. The heroine is clear-headed, not love-obsessed, and she has another reason for transferring schools for the hero

The first-draft blurb has been screenshotted and archived: 2025.2.18.

The revised blurb has been screenshotted and archived: 2025.7.6.

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