At sixteen, Shen Zhuying fell for a boy.
He liked wearing white shirts, played the drums, and when he smiled, dimples appeared at the corners of his lips—he was the dazzling sun she could never reach.
At eighteen, she repeated a year of school to get into his university, only to learn he had already transferred to the UK six months earlier.
At twenty-two, she saw him again at graduation. She wanted to give him a love letter, but overheard that he already had a long-term girlfriend.
At twenty-four, on a rainy day, he suddenly walked into her flower shop alone and bought a bouquet of white roses.
Shen Zhuying chased after him, giving him an umbrella and a bouquet of hyacinths.
That very day, she decided to draw a period to her eight-year-long secret crush.
Yet spring lingered, and by a twist of fate, that rainy encounter became the moment he finally noticed her.
At twenty-six, they married—on the thirty-third day after meeting again, and in the tenth year of her silent love for him.
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One day after marriage, Fu Sizhuo opened a long-forgotten pink love letter. The signature at the bottom was from his new wife.
The last line she wrote was—
“Classmate Fu Sizhuo, I’ve admired you for a long time. Would you like to get to know me? My name is Shen Zhuying.”
And so, in another spring, he picked up a pen and wrote her a reply. The first line was—
“Classmate Shen Zhuying, I regret missing out on so many years. I’m very glad to meet you. My name is Fu Sizhuo.”
In the eleventh spring of her secret love for him, her feelings were finally answered.
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