An energetic, straightforward sweetheart x a cool guy who says one thing and means another
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Jian Xi had spent all of senior year bottling up her wish to let loose. At last, that summer after the college entrance exams, she got her wish and flew to Qingdao.
She was going to feed seagulls at Zhanqiao Pier!
She was going to watch the light show at May Fourth Square!
She was going to see the red roofs and green trees from Xiaoyu Hill!
She had her itinerary and had reached her destination, but Jian Xi had forgotten one thing: she was hopelessly bad with directions.
“So, which way do I go?”
She looked at the passerby she'd casually stopped two minutes earlier, a guy who seemed cool and aloof but was kindhearted.
Sheng Nian, unaware she'd already awarded him the “good guy” badge, rubbed his temples and began giving her directions for the third time.
“Did you get it this time?”
“Do you have a fish's memory?”
“What?”
Jian Xi hadn't heard him clearly.
“Fish only remember things for three seconds.”
He chuckled. “You can manage six, tops.”
Jian Xi: ...
Could she take back that completely mistaken impression she'd just had of him?
* A coastal city, and the first stirrings of love between young boys and girls
Blurb dated June 20, 2025
Theme: Make the most of your youth.
