Meeting You, Liking You

A little girl moved into the Jiang family. She was sweet, soft, and well-behaved.

Mother Jiang reminded Jiang Yu, “Song Tinghuan will be at the same school as you from now on. You’re the older brother, so you need to take good care of your little sister.”

Eldest master Jiang gave a cold laugh.

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Everyone noticed that campus heartthrob Jiang had been very busy lately.

Busy taking the kid to school, picking the kid up after school, and tutoring the kid on homework.

Someone gossiped: Did Jiang Yu like Song Tinghuan?

His whole crowd of rowdy friends said firmly, “Impossible! A rabbit doesn’t eat the grass around its own burrow[[1]], so Brother Yu would never do something so tasteless!”

Later, on a summer night on an island, Jiang Yu hooked one side of his earphones over Song Tinghuan’s ear.

“What song is it?” Song Tinghuan asked.

The boy looked at her, his dark eyes burning. “I like you.”

Song Tinghuan heard the pounding of her own heartbeat, like surging waves, one cresting over another.