If Dreams Could Talk

[Have you ever had regrets? I have.]

In high school, with its crushing workload, Mu Lanshi fell in love with someone.

They talked about the future and their dreams. They secretly held hands, shared a brief embrace that ended as soon as it began, and walked countless roads through the dark, avoiding their teachers...

But neither of them ever said, "I like you."

And they never got another chance to say it.

When the second semester of their sophomore year began, it was no longer Mu Lanshi standing beside He Hengtian. It was her deskmate.

Mu Lanshi was angry, confused, jealous...

In the end, it all became one dream after another in the dead of night, each filled with the same question: Why?

She didn't dare ask.

Only then could they stay friends, friends who could still talk and pass little notes. She even tried to convince herself that friends lasted longer than lovers.

Much, much later,

she regretted it.

She regretted never having said, "I like you."

She had regrets, too.

She regretted never hearing He Hengtian say those words to her.

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If dreams could speak, they would surely say, "I like you."

But liking someone isn't enough to bring you together.

Bad ending / mutual pining / school life

Everyone has flaws. No one is perfect.

Realistic fiction.

Any resemblance is purely coincidental.

Theme: Study hard, have a bright future, and never meet again.