Burning Through a Summer Night [Mutual Secret Crush]

(Next up: Little Cat Chases Butterflies, featuring a secret crush from the male lead! Please add it to your reading list. Blurb below.)

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Science Olympiad champion vs. International Physics Olympiad gold medalist

Fiery heiress who knows how to push buttons vs. brilliant prodigy who knows how to soothe her

Rivals, but secretly in love with each other (the male lead realizes his feelings first) | Two top students (he's strong, she's even stronger) | Both possessive | Childhood sweethearts | Rivals, teammates, lovers

[Blurb]

Shengjing No. 1 High has two top students who have held the first and second spots in their grade by a mile for years, fighting tooth and nail for first place.

Whenever the two meet, sparks fly like planets colliding!

This was the 999th time Jiang Zhixia swore she was going to strangle Shen Jiran.

She reached out with both hands to grab him by the throat, only to accidentally wrap her arms around his neck...

A passing student covered their eyes and became a walking megaphone: "The top two in the grade are fighting again!"

Everyone at No. 1 knew Jiang Zhixia and Shen Jiran were sworn enemies, but nobody knew their "war" had begun in the delivery room.

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Shen Jiran is handsome, tall, and well-built, with money, brains, and a high IQ. He's No. 1 High's famous physics god, and the object of every student's admiration. Rumor has it he's aloof and rarely speaks to anyone, fit only to be admired from afar.

Jiang Zhixia had just one word for him: "Pretentious!" She thought that one day she'd expose his "true colors" in front of everyone!

After the summer break following their second year of high school, Jiang Zhixia noticed that her childhood friend, who had always been at odds with her, was getting clingier by the day. She thought, He must be up to no good!

Jiang Zhixia's phone notes included a "grudge book," with Shen Jiran's "offenses" listed by year. But over time, the entries started to take on a different tone...

One day, her phone accidentally connected via Bluetooth to the printer in his bedroom. He ended up reading, line by line, the secret note filled with her unspoken crush...

Shen Jiran finished reading, bit the inside of his cheek, and chuckled. "You wrote less than I did. One star."

He opened his social media account and saw yet another flood of 99+ notifications. He was a little helpless. He hadn't expected that the secret-crush diary he'd casually posted would accidentally make him famous as a crush blogger.

Then one day, he received a private message: "Shen Jiran!?"

The secret was out.

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Moonlight shone through the window of the music room. Jiang Zhixia was pinned between him and the piano bench, and the keys behind her let out a low note. "Are we still competing?"

Jiang Zhixia tried to sound calm. "Of course! Why wouldn't we?"

The next second, Shen Jiran's breath brushed her burning ear. Then he murmured softly, coaxing her: "Let's stop competing and start dating, okay?"

*Our girl only slips up on the first day of school exam. After that, she's always first in her grade.

*Childhood sweethearts with mutual crushes. Once the male lead realizes she likes him too, he spoils her rotten.

*Two top students, devoted to each other, each other's first love. They grow together and meet at the top, in an uplifting, sweet everyday romance.

*They are both adults when they get together!

*Blurb recording saved on March 8, 2025.

Next up: Little Cat Chases Butterflies

[Cool, aloof top student vs. sunshine girl bursting with energy]

[Two top students | Sweet romance from school to marriage, happy ending + a touch of ensemble cast]

[Blurb]

Chu Pianran is a famously ditzy beauty on the list of top students at Nancheng No. 1 High.

She's more or less capable of looking after herself, but knows nothing about love. Only in the exam hall does she seem like a different person. Every day, she does nothing but study and laugh happily, until she meets Lu Suizhi, a genius from the neighboring school, at a friend's birthday party.

"I heard you scored one point more than me on the city's first mock math exam?"

There was no warmth in Lu Suizhi's eyes. "I'm not interested. Please move."

The next second, the milk tea in Chu Pianran's hand splashed all over him. She swore it was completely an accident. T_T

Lu Suizhi never expected that from then on, the little butterfly would keep fluttering around him.

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"Be my study partner."

Lu Suizhi looked at the girl blocking his way. "Why?"

Chu Pianran answered without hesitation. "We go to different schools, so you can't steal first place in my grade."

Lu Suizhi didn't even try to spare her feelings. "But I'll compete with you for top science student in Nancheng."

That only made Chu Pianran even less willing to let him go. She dragged him into a nearby alley, but before she could threaten him, she noticed something more interesting. "Lu Suizhi, your ears are red."

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Later, everyone around them said they'd cultivated the strongest rivals in each other, and suggested they settle things between themselves and stop competing.

But after the college entrance exams, Chu Pianran disappeared for the entire summer. It wasn't until Jingbei University opened that Lu Suizhi cornered her between the library shelves as she tried to run away. "You kissed me in secret and then stopped pursuing me? I don't agree."

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[The cicadas had long since turned that summer upside down.]

*A lighthearted, sweet everyday romance.

*He hides his crush and keeps it to himself; she flirts without realizing it. Each other's first love.

Theme: Love is growing together as equals.