Between heaven and earth lie endless mountains and seas, an invisible distance separating them.

However, Lin Yang wanted to try her best to shorten the distance between herself and Xu Chengzhi little by little.

Even if it's just shortened by a tiny bit.

Later, she secretly kept an eye on Xu Chengzhi's activities while working harder and harder.

At her busiest, she took on dozens of roles a year, appearing in various dramas and finally gaining some national recognition.

People in the industry even gave her a nickname behind her back—"Desperate Saburo".

Perhaps in the eyes of others, her hard work and high level of dedication seem like she's desperate for fame.

Only she knew that all she wanted was to climb up, to get to his side.

She was confident and capable enough to say to him, "Hello, my name is Lin Yang."

"Hello, I think I've liked you for a long time..."

like……

These words had taken deep root in Lin Yang's heart without her even realizing it, and had grown into a towering tree.

The roots are tangled and intertwined beneath the soil, impossible to pull out completely or cut off entirely.

The screen was about to continue rotating.

Suddenly, my vision blurred, and the frozen image, like a mirror, began to shatter.

Finally, with a "bang," it exploded into pieces.

The image disappeared, leaving only endless darkness.

The burning sensation gathered from the outside in, continuously squeezing towards the center of darkness.

In the darkness, she couldn't see anything. All Lin Yang could feel was the splitting pain in her head.

"Xu Chengzhi..." Lin Yang's pale lips moved, almost unconsciously bringing the words from her dream to her lips, "I like you..."

Xu Chengzhi, who was held by Lin Yang's hand and unable to leave, leaned closer to listen and could barely make out the incessant mutterings in Lin Yang's sleep.

"Yangyang, what did you say?" Xu Chengzhi clearly heard it, but he was still so excited that he could hardly believe it, and his body almost trembled along with his excited heart.

"Xu Chengzhi... Xu Chengzhi..." Lin Yang kept murmuring his name as her high fever persisted.

A tiny point of light squeezed into the endless darkness and exploded rapidly along its perimeter.

The white light completely obscured the darkness, and Lin Yang opened her eyes abruptly, panting heavily.

"Xu Chengzhi! I like you!" These were the first words that came out of my mouth when I woke up.

She couldn't tell if she was dreaming or in reality.

She felt like her throat was on fire, and with the last bit of strength, she managed to shout out those words. Now, her voice was just hoarse.

The burning heat on my forehead spread throughout my body with the blood, but the thing I was holding in my left palm was ice-cold.

I squeezed it; it's still a bit soft.

The texture feels so real, could it be a dream?

Lin Yang turned her head with a slightly confused look in her eyes, and slowly moved her hand upwards along the hand she was holding.

Xu Chengzhi's extremely excited face came into Lin Yang's view.

Wait a minute, what did she say when she woke up that excited the child like this?

It seems like... something...

Lin Yang tilted her head, trying hard to recall what had happened a second ago.

She had such a high fever that even thinking about it was a struggle.

Xu Chengzhi! I like you!

I thought about what I had just shouted for a long time, and finally remembered it. It kept echoing in my mind and wouldn't go away.

Hold!

How could such shameful and insincere words come from her mouth?

She must have really lost her mind to say something like that!

Good heavens, I've dug a hole and buried myself in it!

"Yangyang, say what you just said again." Xu Chengzhi held Lin Yang's hand tightly, his eyes filled with her image.