Novels like That Fire Burned Away My Cowardice and Awakened My Youth
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- 101 A Tangled Parallel Line 一条交错的平行线 [Everyday life + School life + One heroine] (The ratings just opened. They should go up later, right?) (Big boss, big boss, does anyone actually read our book?) (They will, they will. There’ll be readers like Yifei and Yanzhu.) Who doesn’t want a colorful youth? High school lasts long enough for all kinds of things to happen and for you to meet countless people. Relationships that once grew distant and encounters that never got the chance to begin will quietly take a turn at some point. Liang Ji 147Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 102 Moonlight on the Seventeenth Floor 《十七楼的月光》 Moonlight on the Seventeenth Floor 59Reads—Score114d adds
- 103 One Bow from My Senior, and My Entire Youth Was Over 学姐两鞠躬，结束了我的整个青春 Two bows from my senior schoolmate brought my entire youth to an end 21Reads—Score114d adds
- 104 The Year the Wutong Rain Fell 那一年梧桐雨落 Young love, charging headlong into a relationship at an age when you don't yet understand love. I always regretted how one relationship ended, and it wasn't until years later that I learned there was another version of the story from back then. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 I’m Confused: Does This Female Classmate Like Me or Not? 疑惑？这位女同学到底喜不喜欢我 “Mr. Lin, when I came to Sumiao to watch a show last year, I took this same road. Guess what I saw?” “A toad blocking the road with a knife?” Chen Xinyao giggled. “What? It was actually a firefly.” “A firefly?” Lin Hao found that hard to believe. “Do we really have fireflies here? I’ve never seen one.” “Could it be that Mr. Lin is just unlucky?” “Hmm… I don’t feel like I missed much. I heard fireflies have very short lives, and their glow only lasts about seven days. It’s such a rare sight, so i 2.7kReads8.9Score25814d adds
- 106 Goddess Yang Chengcheng's Journey to the Mortal World 女神杨橙橙凡间降落之路 Female lead: Yang Chengcheng. Male lead: Yun Feng. This story is divided into three volumes. Volume One has ten chapters. Three years after Yang Chengcheng and Yun Feng break up, Yang Chengcheng meets Yang Long on a blind date. After a series of upheavals in his family, Yang Long’s sincerity finally moves her, and the two get married. Volume Two is told through flashbacks. At seventeen, Yang Chengcheng meets Yun Fengye, an art studio teacher. They are drawn to each other and fall in love. They s 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 The Crush Hidden in an Eraser 藏在橡皮里的喜欢 The most moving part of youth has never been a grand declaration of love. It’s the affection hidden in all the little details. If you’ve ever had a crush on someone, you’ll understand all the sweetness and bittersweet ache in A Crush That Tastes Like Lemon Soda. There’s no golden finger and no melodramatic misunderstandings, just an ordinary girl and the top student in her year, whose seven-year journey from a crushed eraser brings them slowly closer, quietly falling for each other until their l 22Reads—Score114d adds
- 108 I Have a Girlfriend I'm Raising, and the School Beauty Is Panicking 我有一个养成系女友，校花急哭了 [Romantic daily life]+ [One heroine]+ [Healing and redemption]+ [A hidden gem of a girl]+ [Not reborn]+ [Sweet romance] (Nonstop sweetness, you won’t regret reading. Remember to bring insulin.) My name is Jiang Shuo. During the summer vacation after my first year of high school, I met a girl in a mountain hollow in Kangcheng, head bowed as she gathered firewood. I schemed and plotted to bring her close to me. I thought I had everything under control. I was the undisputed main carry in this relat 21.3kReads9.4Score2.8k14d adds
- 109 The Campus Belle Has Had Eyes Only for Me Since Freshman Year 高一开始就被校花独爱 [Single heroine] + [School life] + [No System] + [Ensemble cast] + [Slow pace] (The rating just came out and is expected to rise.) Listen, Obligate, Value, Excite. English teacher Li Manni slowly breaks down the foundations of an intimate relationship: Listen with care to each other's troubles, take responsibility willingly, cherish the little moments you share, and accept each other's flaws. After explaining the deeper meaning, Li Manni picks up the eraser and wipes away the latter half of each 806Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 110 As I Gaze Up at the Moon 如我仰望月亮 “I don't know her.” Zhou Ji spoke carelessly, looking at her as if she were a stranger. When Chen Yang saw that familiar yet unfamiliar face again, she froze. The boomerang from three years ago had hit her right between the eyes. In that classroom mottled with the fading light of sunset, Zhou Ji looked at her seriously. “Are we still friends?” Chen Yang slowly raised her head. “No.” Zhou Ji met her gaze in surprise, wanting to say something but stopping himself. In the end, he could only fall si 74Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Blue-and-White Uniforms and Peach Blossoms 《蓝白校服与桃树花开》 Blue-and-White School Uniforms and Blossoming Peach Trees 114Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 The Top Student Pretends to Be Weak to Snag a Marriage, but His Tough Girl Bride Takes the Internet by Storm 学霸装弱骗婚，太妹娇妻飒疯全网 A wealthy young master and academic ace × a Southeast Asian Chinese tycoon’s daughter, a sassy queen! Playing dumb to outsmart the other + turning the tables + bickering couple + mutual crush + from campus to wedding bells The longest road Qin Sihuang has ever walked is the one set out for her by Pan Zhanchen! Who could have guessed that the gentle, high-achieving student whom tycoon heiress Qin Sihuang kissed and tackled first was actually a top-tier schemer with a wicked mind? She was haughty 7Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 113 After Six Years Together, We're Talking Marriage, and You Think I'm Too Short? 谈恋爱六年，要谈婚论嫁了，你嫌我矮？ We’ve been dating for six years, and now we’re talking marriage. You think I’m too short? 155Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Look! That Tough Girl's Boyfriend Got Stolen by Her Best Friend! 快来看啊！茬子姐的男朋友被闺蜜撬走啦！ Come and see! Chazi Jie’s boyfriend got stolen by her best friend! 98Reads—Score114d adds
- 115 Secretly in Love with You in Midsummer 在盛夏暗恋你 [Well-Behaved, Hardworking Girl x Sincere, Gentle Boy] [One-on-One, Both Pure + First Love + School Romance + Unrequited Love Becomes Mutual + Reunion After Years Apart + Female Lead’s Perspective + Extra Sweet + Happy Ending] This is a little story about a secret crush. Lin Simian has a secret: after the high school entrance exams, she fell for a boy she had met only once. Her three years of unrequited love in high school were like fizzy soda, bittersweet and bubbling nonstop. Gu Jingyu was an 6.2kReads8.8Score79114d adds
- 116 Your Novel Has Caused Me a Lot of Trouble 你写的小说，给我惹了不少麻烦呢 [Pure romance] [One-on-one] [Possessive] [Mutual pining and push-pull] Lin Chuyang once thought that Shui Yueying would be the unreachable moonlight of his life. But after the college entrance exam, Shui Yueying's secret identity began to fall apart... This seemingly aloof campus beauty turned out to be a gaming addict who stayed up all night playing Honor of Kings? And by a twist of fate, he became her gaming partner! As their relationship grew closer, Lin Chuyang quietly turned the feelings he 113.1kReads9.3Score15.7k14d adds
- 117 Leaves Fall in Autumn 惊秋落叶 [Campus Tragedy] [Mutual Secret Crush] Tang Qiu and Pei Jingnian On Ningchuan No. 1 High School's wall of outstanding graduates (its wall of fame), Pei Jingnian took the top spot that year, while Tang Qiu was relegated to the very bottom. "Wasn't Senior Tang Qiu a good student back then? Weren't she and Pei Jingnian the twin stars of the arts and sciences? How did she end up at the bottom?" "She wasn't even on the wall at first. They added her later." "I heard she didn't do very well on her exam 173Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 The Transformation of Youth 青春岁月的蜕变 [School Days × Online Romance × Secret Crush × Slow-Burn Love × Healing] Online, A pure romance, back when they were sixteen. They met in a virtual world, young and innocent. “Do you have a boyfriend?” “Is that all you wanted to ask? So you’ve been waiting for me to log on every day?” “Yes. Answer me!” “No.” “Then will you be my girlfriend?” “⊙﹏⊙ Are you sure you didn’t send that to the wrong person?” “I’m sure. Will you be my girlfriend?” “Uh...” “Wifey! ◕‿◕” “⊙﹏⊙ Who’s your wifey? Don’t call 79Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 119 Ordinary People Like Us Need to Fall in Love Too 我们普通人也要谈恋爱 (New author, new novel) [No rebirth or transmigration] + [One female lead] + [High school campus] + [Sweet romance] + [Secret crush] A secret crush is a lonely expedition. Li Mubai, a withdrawn young man, struggles between silent longing and crushing insecurity. To him, love is both a luxury and a light just beyond his reach. Until the night before the college entrance exams, with the bright moon hanging overhead. The girl suddenly took his hand and lifted her clear eyes to his. “I know.” Her vo 32kReads9.4Score4.3k14d adds
- 120 After I Spilled an Iced Americano on My Crush 冰美式泼到crush后 [Mutual Secret Crush ➕ Both Choose Each Other ➕ Both Each Other’s First and Only ➕ Youth and School Life ➕ Love at First Sight Action-Oriented Cool Guy x Talkative Sweetheart · Happy Ending] Tong Siyu has three regrets in life: First, splashing an iced Americano on a handsome stranger outside her rental apartment. Second, adding him on WeChat because she felt guilty. Third, not regretting either of the first two things at all. They live hundreds of kilometers apart. She asks him, “It’s a long-di 532Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Unrequited Love Is a Pantomime of Insecurity 暗恋，是一场自卑的默剧 (A new author and a new book! It has just received its first rating, and the score will go up!) [Not a wish-fulfillment story, no System, no stock trading, just authentic everyday Chinese school life] People say youth is rose-colored, but that's only true for the protagonists. As an NPC in Earth Online, Ye Zhouhong's youth has no dramatic plot twists, only a secret crush he doesn't dare to speak aloud. He doesn't dare get close. He doesn't dare confess. He thinks this silent drama will end with 169.4kReads9.3Score20.2k14d adds
- 122 My Gorgeous, Wealthy Girlfriend Is a Top Student 我的白富美女友是学霸 > Lin Ye is the undisputed king of the battlefield at No. 2 High School. He fears nothing, except Liu Shiyan, the belle of all four schools. > He's as fierce in a fight as he is timid in front of his girlfriend. > At the weekend sports field, Lin Ye has a rich kid from No. 3 High School pinned beneath his foot. > Liu Shiyan coughs once, and Lin Ye instantly turns meek. “Shiyan, I promise I'll finish all my homework today!” > His buddies stare in disbelief. “Boss, are your fists harder, or are he 550Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 123 Springtime on the Branches, a Bright Day Ahead 枝头春意告景明 [Sweet Campus Romance] [One-on-One, Both Leads Have No Past Relationships] [Bittersweet First Love] [Warm Everyday Life] [Reconciliation with Family] [Ensemble Friendship] After her father dies suddenly, He Zhiyi is forced to face her shattered family and a cold, uncaring reality. Introverted, sensitive, and fragile, she lives alone in an old apartment block, resisting life's hardships with stubbornness and silence. During the darkest stretch of her youth, Gao Jingming, a boy whose sharp tongue 182Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Brighter Than the Stars 璨若星辰 [Sweet romance] [Ensemble cast × multiple couples] [Everyone’s darling × a hidden wealthy-family intrigue] [Cold, sharp-tongued top student vs. gentle, healing girl] The start of freshman year blows up the whole school! The city’s two top scorers, dubbed “the twin geniuses,” haven’t even had a chance to compete before a teacher pairs them up as deskmates with the words, “Good students belong together.” On one side is a sharp-tongued top student, ice-cold to everyone else, with a frosty stare and 228Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Starting from Scratch: Three Years Flipping Little Boxes Made Me a Millionaire 白手起家，倒腾小盒子三年千万 Selling contraceptives in the dorm from the start gets you mocked? Disciplined? No problem! Make money while teaching in the countryside. After four years of hard work, build a fortune worth over a hundred million, turning ideals, love, and wealth into reality. [No Transmigration + No System + No Pocket Dimension + A Down-to-Earth Story of Striving] 13.2kReads8.1Score91414d adds
- 126 After Being Teased, I Met the Top Student Girl of My Dreams 被戏弄后，遇见我的学霸女孩 (Originally titled: You Are the Light in My Life) Li Fangxiu, having found his way back from a wrong turn, meets Zhang Weiyu, a dazzling girl who is a treasure in her own right. A one-heroine, sweet romance about two people bringing warmth to each other. The story doesn't shower readers with mindless sugar; the plot unfolds naturally and makes sense, and the characters don't act like fools. This is a novel you can read without having to check your brain at the door. 7.1kReads9.3Score64714d adds
- 127 Meeting You Was Fate 遇上你是我的缘 This is a novella-length romance the author wrote on a whim to commemorate and promote their second home, beautiful Xinjiang. Through the romantic encounter and passionate love between a couple separated by the distance between the frontier and the mainland, as well as the unforgettable entanglements of their relationship, the story explores contemporary young people's reflections on love and marriage and the choices they make in the face of grave danger. It mercilessly condemns fickle attitudes 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 My Youthful Romance 我的青春爱恋 Lin Wan had a secret talent: the poems she wrote reflected the truest colors of people’s hearts. Then, one autumn, Zheng Hao, wearing a dark green sweater, stood in the light and asked her if she liked Yu Qiuyu. For the first time, her pen trembled, and the colors on the page blurred into something out of place. She spent three years of her youth writing poems for him, gave him her first night beneath the moonlight in a white shirt, and even followed him into the neon-lit depths of the night. Bu 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 A Bittersweet Campus Romance 校园苦涩爱情 This is a campus romance about a boy and a girl whose misunderstandings lead them from dislike to love, and eventually to a bitter breakup. It reminds us that sometimes, once you miss your chance, you miss it for a lifetime. Treasure everything you have now. 70Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Who Says I Don't Like You? 谁说我讨厌你啦？ "I like him more than anyone, and I hate him more than anyone." -[Sweet and angsty, high school romance, healing, two top students Content warning: The female lead has suicidal tendencies, depression, and anxiety] At first, they couldn't stand each other. Until her deliberate efforts to keep her distance started getting under his skin, so he deliberately kept making his presence felt around her. Through his efforts, he succeeded in falling for her. And she became unable to live without him. But 32Reads—Score10914d adds
- 131 Moss Never Meets the Stars 青苔不逢星 [Male unrequited-love perspective + younger crybaby + insecure male lead + light ensemble cast + college campus + universally adored heroine] [Gifted heiress × insecure, loyal puppy] Lu Wangyu's youth was a quiet, damp patch of moss. He came from a modest, loving family, had an unremarkable personality, average grades, and was the most ordinary boy in any crowd. He loved someone far beyond his reach... Xia Muzhi, a girl blessed by heaven, lived a life entirely different from his. She was the sol 233Reads—Score10214d adds
- 132 The Top Student's Girlfriend from Another Dimension 学霸的二次元女友 [Daily life, sweet romance, one heroine, light-novel style] “Childhood sweethearts can’t beat the newcomer” is a law of the universe. The reason is simply that it’s hard to make a move on someone you know. But is it only people who know each other who can learn about each other’s little universes? Early one morning... Tang Chenyu tiptoed into Jiang Xi’s room... 2.4kReads9.5Score26614d adds
- 133 The Girl He Brought Home Walked into My Room 他带回的女生，走进了我房间 The girl he brought home walked into my room 190Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 Reborn in 2001: I Start Boxing and Live Life to the Fullest 重生2001从练拳开始快意人生 [Rebirth + Pocket Dimension + Top Student + Traditional Martial Arts + Pressure-Point Techniques for Five Hundred Coins] Everyday urban life, reborn in high school, keeping a low profile at school, an ancestral martial arts manual, cultivating inner energy, mastering pressure-point techniques, dual-cultivation methods, a harem of multiple women, wealth, companions, techniques, and territory, exploring mysteries and searching for treasures, doing business and managing enterprises, fighting foreig 16.8kReads7.8Score1.3k14d adds
- 135 Diary of Survival in the City 城市生存日记 [No Golden Finger + A Terrible Start from the Start + Self-Redemption + A Realistic Guide to Urban Homelessness] Watch a little waif scavenge and save money, making life a little better, one step at a time. He Qinghuan barely escaped her home deep in the mountains with her life, and now wanders the city. She must avoid being discovered as homeless and sent back, while making full use of the city's resources to feed herself and survive until she's old enough to work and support herself. Looking u 320Reads8.3Score14214d adds
- 136 He Is So Passionate 他如此热烈 After dying suddenly one day, Xu Zhiyi returns to her high school years. In her previous life, she lived under her family's control and constraints. Sensitive, insecure, and stubborn, she nevertheless caught the eye of a dazzling young man as radiant as the sun. He repeatedly reached out to her, but she kept pulling away until she pushed him completely out of her world. From then on, they went their separate ways. As the years passed, he grew ever more brilliant, while she sank lower and lower. 41.5kReads9.0Score7.3k14d adds
- 137 Kill Those Men: From Ugly Chick to Beautiful Swan 杀死那些男人之丑小鸡变白天鹅 [Transformation and glow-up + triumphant heroine + uplifting feel-good story + top student's growth + fairytale romance + authentic post-80s generation] Note: Please don't let the heroine's looks put you off! The protagonist is called “XX Fat” purely because the author has a mischievous sense of humor. In reality, Xia Weiwei has a figure the likes of which appear only once every three thousand years. She's an outgoing, adorable girl with sky-high emotional and intellectual intelligence; she's th 1.3kReads9.3Score11214d adds
- 138 A Coward's 1,001st Confession 胆小鬼的一千零一次表白 [Not reborn, no System, high school setting, youthful literature, a story of being saved, personal growth, no harem] Cowards don't dare to confess their feelings, and they're afraid of being confessed to as well. If your confession is rejected, you'll be mocked and condemned by everyone. If you reject someone's confession, you'll lose a friend and go your separate ways. Can't it work out? The answer is no, because success doesn't like cowards! But what if one coward likes another? This isn't a l 35.1kReads9.5Score4.7k14d adds
- 139 A Secret Love Poem in the Dust 尘埃里的暗恋诗 (Print edition signed) + (Animated series coming soon. Search “The Small-Town Girl's White Moonlight” to reserve your spot) [Based on a true story + both leads are each other's first and only + happy ending] [In the beginning: innocent schoolyard crush; later: mutual devotion and a mix of sweet and steamy love] Xia Changjun's crush was so hard to bear. It began too early. She had liked him since elementary school. The gap between them was too wide. He was the prince of their small town. Every te 58.2kReads9.4Score9.1k14d adds
- 140 Martial Arts School Graduate 武校毕业生 Martial arts school / traditional martial arts / realistic / passionate / brotherhood / jianghu Adapted from real experiences. No fantasy, no System, and no cheats. A true-to-life portrayal of what life at a martial arts school is really like. A boy defies his family's objections to pursue his martial arts dream. Day after day, he trains relentlessly at school, enduring the long, monotonous years of practice alongside his fellow students and brothers. After graduation, he enters the wider world, 742Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Years of Quiet Reflection 沉淀的岁月 The story follows the lives of three high school girls from rural backgrounds. In the fall of 1964, the confident, ambitious “top student” Yu Hongying, the warmhearted and forthright “knight-errant” Li Chunfen, and the reserved, introspective lady Yue Shuqian unexpectedly meet in their first-year dormitory, along with the “campus belle” Yang Yuhuan and the “fake Marxist-Leninist” Wu Lihong. This sets off a series of stories, some serious, some amusing, some bizarre, and some full of joy and sorr 568Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Chasing Summer 追夏 [A youthful, healing story by popular author Aspirin, featuring two gentle, top-performing students in a school romance.] [Serene beauty x cool, handsome boy. Dust and mountains, sunset and sunrise: together, they become winners in life in a future that goes on without end.] Two people who barely know each other and feel a little awkward about it become roommates. As long as they respect each other’s boundaries, they should be able to get along just fine. But whenever they’re together, unexpecte 13.5kReads9.4Score1.9k14d adds
- 143 Beware the Mediocre 庸人小心 Realistic fiction · Unrequited love with a bad ending · Small-town life · Ordinary people · Coming-of-age · No golden finger Based on the true experiences of friends, this story is told from a male first-person perspective and follows Jiang Xin through the ups and downs of his youth in a small southern county town from 2005 to 2014. He was once an elementary-school prodigy admired by everyone. But from the moment he started middle school, his life quietly began to veer off course. As a boy, he 201Reads—Score10714d adds
- 144 The Badass's Irresistible Wild Rose 痞气大佬的撩人野玫瑰 [Print edition signed] [Stunning, ethereal, cool big sis]& [Arrogant, refined, handsome guy] [Both strong personalities + healing + ultra-sweet romance] Song Yin and Xiao Huan first met on the wall of Linjiang No. 7 Middle School. One was climbing in, the other climbing out. They met head-on, neither willing to back down. Song Yin: This guy’s got some slick moves! Xiao Huan: This girl’s got serious nerve! Every time they met after that, another piece of their public image fell apart: Could the d 2.9kReads9.4Score44914d adds
- 145 Light Shattered in Glass Candy Wrappers 碎在玻璃糖纸里的光 [Campus × Mutual Pining × Sweet Romance • Flirting × Older Male Lead] At twenty, Lin Yinuann tucked all her feelings into transparent candy wrappers, living quietly, with thorns beneath the surface. That was until Wen Muyang collided with her world. Only then did she realize that even barren places could be touched by the warmth of sunlight. At first, Wen Muyang was simply curious. Why had a girl who once been so lively and dazzling grown so quiet and cautious? Once her disguise was seen through 1.1kReads—Score11614d adds
- 146 Kiss Beneath the Sun 吻骄阳 [Aloof troublemaker & little ray of sunshine] [Unrequited love, bold confessions | Saving each other | Sweet one-on-one romance] In her second year of high school, Nan Zhao had no choice but to move in with someone else after transferring schools. When the boy came to pick her up at the station, he was cold and impatient. Nan Zhao watched his casual, carefree figure walking ahead and the suitcase he’d taken from her. The word “big brother” had been on the tip of her tongue, but she swallowed it 13.2kReads9.5Score1.9k14d adds
- 147 The Waves Trust the Clouds’ Whiteness 浪花信任云的白 Two souls fall into a campus dream; reunited on a Middle Eastern battlefield | Doctors Without Borders × frontier defense hero | unhinged yet restrained, healing regret | sweet, bittersweet tension | rekindled romance | devoted to each other, happy ending A three-day romance in their youth, followed by twelve years apart across mountains and seas · Mature adults wearing the guise of high schoolers, falling into the most heart-wrenching romance in a dream · Each other's cure and salvation; a god 129Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Save Me, Not the Drunkard 渡我不渡醉 [A guarded, wounded hero × a gentle, steadfast heroine who saves him | Mutual devotion · Rekindled Romance] “Everyone who gets close to me comes to a bad end. You should leave.” “It's not your fault, Jiang Zui. You haven't done anything wrong.” Kneeling in the light, she led him out of the shadows and told him he wasn't a curse. He deserved to be loved. This was a silent standoff, and a gentle salvation. Jiang Zui thought his life would never see the light until he met Su Yuhe at seventeen. Afra 2.8kReads—Score18314d adds
- 149 Beautiful, Powerful, and Thriving: Back to Fifteen 美强爽之重回十五岁 [Reborn + Campus + Sweet Romance + Personal Growth] [Hardworking, gentle heroine × aloof top scholar hero] Lin Tong never expected that one fall would send her from age twenty-five back to age fifteen. Since she was here, she decided to make the best of it. To make up for the regrets of her past life, she firmly set two goals: first, to study hard and get into her dream school, Peking University; second, to become beautiful. She never wanted to be the girl who spent more than a decade feeling in 10kReads9.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 150 After the Cicadas Sing Comes the Plum Rain 蝉鸣过后是梅雨 [Ensemble Cast at School | Slow-Burn Bittersweet Romance | Fated Bond | Gentle Girl, Troubled Boy | Realistic | Happy Ending] On the first day of school, Xia Shanshan's red-lacquered bicycle was stolen. She crouched beneath a camphor tree and cried. On the third floor, someone folded her orange candy wrapper in half, then in half again. Later, she met Fu Siyun. The boy leaned against the wall, looking carefree as he teased her softly: “Are you afraid of me, senior?” She ran from him for three y 3.5kReads9.3Score37514d adds
