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Romance, youth, and campus life: a slow-burn love story about growing up

Story synopsis:

A young love blossoms in autumn. Through years of choices and compromises, they learn to distinguish dependence from true affection, and journey toward a lasting life together.

When Yin Qinghe starts her first year of high school, she eats breakfast every day at Aunt Song's shop at the end of the alley. There she first crosses paths with Shen Shixu, a second-year student. They barely know each other, but happen to walk the same way after school a few times, and once he lends her money at a convenience store. Their seemingly coincidental encounters at school continue, until they gradually come to understand their feelings and tentatively begin a youthful bond, full of restraint and uncertainty.

Neither of them is good at making the first move. Their affection slowly takes root with each meeting. Yin Qinghe keeps her hazy girlish feelings hidden, while Shen Shixu wrestles with doubts and hesitation, hovering at the edge of testing the waters, afraid to recklessly disturb her peaceful life. The arrival of his childhood friend Pei Yi, who secretly and repeatedly tries to keep them apart, adds an obsessive entanglement that becomes an obstacle between the two leads. What lies behind the tension among the three, and what forces are driving it?

Character profiles:

Heroine Yin Qinghe: An excellent student, gentle and reserved, never vying for attention. Softhearted, she is too inexperienced in love to recognize her own feelings for a long time, but grows step by step with the support of her friends and the hero.

Hero Shen Shixu: Cool and self-controlled on the outside, but surprisingly different within. He is very cautious about love and does not easily accept others into his heart, but once he has made up his mind, he will not let go easily.

Important supporting characters: He Yan, Zhou Zhifei, Ren Faqian, Yang Tian, and Chen Yongqi; Pei Yi, the heroine's childhood friend, seems like a gentle, dependable older brother, but is obsessive underneath. He is the story's main source of conflict and plays an antagonistic role.