The novel writing by maisha
> 📖 Main Characters ( names):
林淼 (Lin Miao) – the main girl (originally Maisha)
周亦辰 (Zhou Yichen) – her childhood friend
陈小铃 (Chen Xiaoling) – her Chinese roommate
李一凡 (Li Yifan) – the rich, charming guy who causes tension
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Chapter 1: The Girl Who Was Never Enough
Lin Miao had never been the kind of girl anyone noticed twice.
She wasn't beautiful. Not in the way people admired.
She wasn't brilliant. Not in the way teachers remembered.
She was just… ordinary. A quiet girl in a loud world.
But she had one thing nobody could laugh at —
a dream.
She dreamed of going to China for college.
To study. To escape. To change her life.
Not to be famous, just… different. Just someone.
No one believed in her.
Her teachers. Her cousins. Even her mother had doubts.
Except for Zhou Yichen — her quiet, calm childhood friend.
But she didn't know he remembered her.
She didn't even know he was in love with her.
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Chapter 2: The Boy in the Shadow
Zhou Yichen was never loud, never pushy.
He had loved Lin Miao since childhood — quietly, patiently.
He still remembered the girl who gave him the last piece of candy in third grade.
She didn't. But that was okay.
When Lin Miao began dreaming of studying abroad, he helped silently.
Corrected her applications. Paid for printing when she couldn't afford it.
She never knew.
So when she got the scholarship and left for Beijing,
he applied to the same college.
He followed her — not to confess, but to protect.
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Chapter 3: Arrival
Beijing was loud. Cold. Strange.
The signs were in characters she didn't understand.
Everyone spoke too fast. The food was confusing.
The people stared. Her accent was laughed at.
She felt invisible.
Her roommate, Chen Xiaoling, was loud, fashionable, and obsessed with K-pop.
Totally opposite of Lin Miao.
Her classmates ignored her or smiled with pity.
Then it rained.
She stood near the dorm gate, soaked and broken.
And someone called her name softly:
"Lin Miao?"
She turned.
It was Zhou Yichen.
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Chapter 4: His Silent Love
"Yichen? What… you're here too?" Lin Miao asked, confused.
He gave a small smile. "Same scholarship. Same college. Lucky coincidence, I guess."
It wasn't luck. It was love.
But he didn't say that.
He helped her settle in. Showed her how to use the canteen card.
Helped her download translation apps.
Sat beside her in class.
Taught her how to say "bathroom" in Mandarin.
She never asked why he was always there.
He never told her that every time she smiled, his world became brighter.
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Chapter 5: Enter Li Yifan
Everything changed when Li Yifan walked into the classroom.
Tall. Arrogant. Carelessly handsome.
He had a family name that carried power, and a smirk that annoyed Lin Miao immediately.
"You're the new international student?" he said. "You look like you're lost all the time."
Lin Miao hated him.
But he kept bothering her.
Calling her "foreigner girl."
Correcting her Mandarin in front of everyone.
She tried to avoid him.
He found new ways to tease her.
And slowly… she started smiling at his jokes.
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Chapter 6: Trouble in the Heart
Zhou Yichen watched. Quietly.
Watched as Li Yifan made Lin Miao laugh.
Watched her wear lipstick one day for the first time.
Watched her take selfies with him.
His heart broke in silence.
But then… Li Yifan kissed Lin Miao.
It was sudden. Unwanted. Confusing.
She ran from him in tears —
And into Yichen's arms.
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Chapter 7–17: The Storm Inside
Lin Miao began to grow: learning Chinese, joining class groups, becoming confident
Chen Xiaoling taught her how to stand up to jealous classmates
Zhou Yichen kept helping from the shadows — skipping his own exams just to help her when she was sick
Li Yifan confessed seriously, but Lin Miao was unsure
The three of them went on a cultural trip where things got tense — jealousy, closeness, laughter, heartbreak
Lin Miao began questioning her feelings for Yifan and Yichen
Zhou Yichen started pulling away — until she said "Yifan is kind of charming…" and he overheard
Lin Miao found an old photo from her childhood — and suddenly remembered him
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Chapter 18: His Confession
Zhou Yichen finally said it:
"I've loved you… since we were children.
You forgot. I didn't.
And I never stopped."
Lin Miao couldn't speak.
She stood frozen.
He walked away without waiting for an answer.
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Chapter 19–22: Healing and Realization
Lin Miao and Yichen stopped talking
She tried to move on with Yifan — but something felt wrong
Yifan noticed. He said, "You don't love me, Lin Miao. You love him."
Chen Xiaoling made her realize: "True love doesn't shout. It waits."
Lin Miao found the childhood drawing: "To Yichen — my best friend forever."
She cried for hours
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Chapter 23: She Came with the Rain
It rained again.
She ran. Past the dorm. Past the gate. Into the streets.
And there he was. Zhou Yichen. Holding a single umbrella.
She said:
"You waited in silence.
And I was stupid.
But I'm here now."
He looked at her.
"You came with the rain," he whispered.
She smiled. "So did you."
They kissed. Finally. Softly.
Like a promise made right.
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Chapter 24: my perfect boy
Lin Miao graduated with honors.
Zhou Yichen opened a free clinic for students.
Li Yifan moved abroad.
Chen Xiaoling became a fashion blogger.
Lin Miao and Zhou Yichen walked through campus one last time.
She held his hand.
"No more silence," she said.
"No more waiting," he replied.
They looked up.
It rained again.