Chasing Wishes [Modern Campus Romance]

“First we met among the blossoms, then came the blazing summer’s end.”

[Lin Tingyuan & Jiang Yanchu]

[Bright, lively little ray of sunshine × sharp-tongued, scheming double-standard guy]

When they first met, the sky was gray and a light rain was falling.

A little boy sat on the steps, head bowed in gloom. Passersby around him pointed and whispered.

A flash of bright yellow suddenly entered his vision, like a ray of light. From that moment on, it lit up his life.

The girl held out her little hand. “I’m bored. Will you play with me, big brother?” Judging by their ages, he was only a few months older than her, but he was half a head taller.

Lin Tingyuan held an umbrella and wore a pale yellow raincoat. Jiang Yanchu looked at the crowd milling behind her. They were all children.

At last, he lifted his head, revealing the injuries on his face, and asked, “What about your friends?”

“You’re my friend.”

Jiang Yanchu thanked that rainy day countless times. It had pulled him out of his sadness, made little him feel less alone, and, most of all, let him meet her.

He had met the “wish” he wanted to entrust his whole life to, the one he would pursue forever.

At first, he wanted to protect the promise he’d made as a child because he loved her. But later, he realized his feelings for her were no longer just romantic love. She was the “wish” he wanted to entrust his whole life to, the one he wanted to pursue for the rest of his days.

At first, she thought they were just friends. But when the distance between them stopped feeling like that of good friends, she realized, belatedly, that their friendship had changed. He had become a “wish” that felt both beyond her reach and within it.

“To marry her and protect her: that’s the wish I want to pursue.”

“To marry him and stay by his side: that’s the wish I want to pursue.”

They spent eighteen years pursuing their wishes, walking the journey side by side.

Theme: The stars will eventually return to their constellation, and I will surely come to you.