The Year She Wore Her Hair in a Ponytail

That year, cicadas buzzed without pause outside the classroom window, and Lin Yan met Su Nian, who wore her hair in a ponytail.

The sea of exam questions seemed endless, and youth stretched on. Two anxious hearts slowly drew closer, keeping each other company and helping each other heal.

School uniforms, evening breezes, and the track at dusk: every small tenderness came together to form a youth spent running toward each other.

This is a clean and sweet coming-of-age story hidden away on campus.