I have counted the frequency of your eyelashes falling countless times, and I remember the buttons of your shirt shifting countless times, but at the moment when our eyes collided, I turned to look at the sky outside the window. Those unsaid words, like the letters I wrote to you, were never sent out and accumulated into a gentle weight in my heart.
Later, we agreed to walk side by side through the long street when the first snow fell, but winter came so slowly. I almost wondered whether the seasons eavesdropped on my heartbeat when I looked at you, thus prolonging the time. Until one morning, you suddenly sent a message "Look out the window" - the world was silent, the snow fell silently, and there was a piece of warmth in my palm that finally touched you.
It turns out that the longest time is never waiting, nor when the snow will come, but when I dare to say I love you.
——Qiao Manxi
You stand in the radius of my gaze, like a quiet planet. Every time I calculate the trajectory of our passing, I rehearse the chance encounter as a coincidence, and translate the silence into my thoughts.
Secret love is a long agreement - I am waiting for every response that I may never think of, but I still beat the heartbeat of the school team every day.
Until one evening, you suddenly stopped in the shadow cast by me. "Did you know?" You say, "The sunflower is always looking at the moon."
All the sunsets I had counted took on meaning at this moment.
——Shi Xiuyuan
Intention: secret love