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A lonely breeze scattered her flowing hair,

Draped over her shoulders,

A trace of resentment

Flickered in her eyes,

As though she wanted to tell me

Her love would never change in this life.

A stabbing pain flashed between her brows,

Then vanished in a hurry...

Su Yan could recite the lyrics with his eyes closed. Like a star, when he reached the climax, he turned toward the audience and tossed his head in a flamboyant yet restrained gesture. His half-closed eyes suddenly opened, his gaze sweeping across every person...

Heaven does not understand resentment,

Devoted lovers still find their wishes hard to fulfill.

Though parting cannot be changed,

It makes us cherish this moment even more.

Do you know that the farther apart we are,

The more my heart longs for you?

Can you understand this devotion?

Even if we part, my love will never change...

The long, drawn-out ending of the climax tugged at everyone's heart! That focused gaze made it seem as though he believed you had already fallen for him—that the person he would love forever even if they parted was you. He was looking at you. Did your heart stir? Did you want to cry? Did you want never to part? Did you want to say the three words, "I love you"?

Young hearts, restless hearts, hazy hearts, were easily captured.

Even if, years later, after they had grown up, they would say it was not love.

That flutter of the heart in that instant was eternal.

"Su Yan! I love you!"

Was it childish? Impulsive? Were hormones to blame?

Just call it youthful ignorance!

When Wan Fang rushed up and excitedly hugged Su Yan, confessing her love, Su Yan admitted that he was a little dumbfounded.

The whole class was dumbfounded. Only the homeroom teacher's chubby little boy giggled with his mouth full of food. "Big sister, shame shame! Boys and girls, shame shame."

The homeroom teacher jolted back to her senses and snapped stiff-neckedly, "Wan Fang, get back to your seat! Class monitor, why aren't you pulling them apart?"

The other teachers stayed silent in embarrassment, privately sighing over students these days. They really were hopeless—so young, yet all they knew was romance. Once they grew up, what would all this romance amount to?

Lin Qiang held back a laugh as he pulled Wan Fang away. Wan Fang cried her eyes out, dragged back to her seat against her will, sobbing without end. Su Yan calmly returned to his seat.

The whole class watched the girl bawling her heart out. In the silent classroom, only her crying could be heard—so fragile, so aggrieved, yet without regret.

They said youth meant having no regrets, including every love affair.

Su Yan looked away, propped his chin on his hand, and stared at the desktop.

"Hehehehe, this girl must be blind to have fallen for Yan Yan. Yan Yan, what a sin. You go around flirting for no reason."

"...Shut up."

Wan Fang's confession became an interlude in the party. The party still had to go on; they could not let the other students leave disappointed because of one person. Every young heart had its own monologue.

The atmosphere gradually became lively again. This night was passionate, filled with innocence, ambiguity, friendship, love, and dreams.

Time slowly approached nine-thirty, and the party drew to a close.

Su Yan and Liang Kui stood up at the same time and walked onto the stage. The arts committee member held up the microphone and said, "Everyone, are these two handsome guys good singers or what?"

"They are! And they're handsome!" the whole class shouted.

The arts committee member nodded repeatedly. "The party is coming to an end. Next, the whole class will sing True Heroes together. Su Yan and Liang Kui will lead, and after the two of them finish singing, everyone will join in."

The music began, and True Heroes rang out into the quiet night.

In my heart,

There was once a dream,

To use my song to make you forget all your pain.

The microphone returned to Liang Kui's hand. He smiled faintly.

Beneath the brilliant starry sky,

Who is the true hero?

Ordinary people give me the deepest emotions.

Hold on to every moving moment in life,

And warmly embrace the friends you love.

Let sincere words and joyful tears

Flow within your heart and mine.

La la la la...

The voices of youth rang through the clouds, once, twice, again and again.

Give everything for the dreams in our hearts.

Work hard. As long as you give everything you have.

How can you see a rainbow without weathering the storm?

Even when setbacks come, do not be afraid. Rainbows always come after the storm.

No one can succeed so easily.

The same youth, the same singing—no one could succeed without effort.

We ran toward school on the same mornings; we walked through wind and rain on the same nights.

We buried our heads in study together. We always had endless test papers to finish. We always longed for a good night's sleep. We looked forward to holidays.

We had friends, and we also had many first loves we could not speak of.

Three years later, we would all go meet the King of Hell together. By then, could we still sing a song together?

While we still could, cry to your heart's content and laugh to your heart's content.

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After returning from the New Year's Day holiday, Wan Fang never spoke to Su Yan again. It was as if she had suddenly grown up.

Years later, when she remembered this time, perhaps she would calmly say, "I was such an idiot back then."

Su Yan faced the final exams of the cold winter in his best condition. When the last exam ended, he slung his schoolbag over his shoulder and walked briskly out of campus. The icy winter wind lightly reddened his youthful face, while his footprints slowly receded across the snow.

"Su Yan! You bastard, why are you running so fast? Wait for me."

Su Yan stopped and slowly turned around.