『I’ll wait for you under the evergreen tree』
GL/Tutor/Bittersweet/Lightly frivolous/Charms without knowing it A secret crush is like a bitter-sweet candy held in your mouth that you can’t swallow. Tears slide down your cheeks, words of love you can’t say catch in your throat, and even as your throat stings, you can no longer calmly speak of that cicada-singing morning. The first time you met Chen Yuan’an, she was walking behind your father. She was very quiet, and very captivating. Her presence was like clear water flowing down from Changbai Mountain—serene and soothing, drawing people in and making them linger. Perhaps it was because she was too gentle, too perfectly the fantasy of your girlhood. Maybe the fantasy was only a vague outline, but the day she appeared, the outline became real. Your crush remained buried deep in your heart, and countless times you were stirred by her small, tender movements. You knew she never noticed them and had not the slightest feeling for you, yet you still couldn’t help drawing closer to her. Once a person grows used to a warm flame, they will keep hoping that every day afterward will have a flame of the same warmth. A crush is a one-person play, hidden in every meeting of eyes with the other person, and it is the silhouette in your girlhood heart gradually becoming clear. “Allow me to say something aside here: I wish every player can find their own happiness in real life. A crush may be painful, but the sincerity you hide carefully is just as precious. We may never get an outcome, but having had that journey called a crush is already wonderful. Eras will come to an end, but your happiness will not.” Image source purchased outright.
You shouldn’t hold expectations for me