Peninsula: Starting with the nation's first love, the white moonlight

Time flies, and it's already spring of 2011.

For high school seniors in China, time is running out.

For MISSA, who has only been in the industry for six months, time is also not enough.

They won't miss any gigs, big or small. Having a schedule means exposure, which is an opportunity to gain fame and an inevitable path for all girl groups.

As JYP's latest girl group, Missa is highly anticipated, given the success of Wonder Girls, which once brought JYP immense popularity.

Since her debut, although she has only released two EPs, MISSA has already won three major awards, including Best New Female Singer.

As the most popular member of the group, Bae Suzy has a lot of personal opportunities in addition to group activities.

With the hit broadcast of the drama "Dream High" in which she played the female lead, her youthful and lively face became known to countless people, and Bae Suzy's popularity experienced an explosive growth.

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China.

The bell rang throughout the campus as evening self-study ended.

After Li Luran returned home and finished washing up, it was almost 11 o'clock.

He habitually took out his phone to check, but it was empty; there were no messages from that familiar number.

Li Luran looked at the screen, a hint of disappointment flashing in his eyes, but he quickly suppressed his emotions.

In fact, this disconnection has lasted for almost two months.

I don't know when it started, but the frequency of their contact gradually decreased, from one message a day at the beginning to one message every three days, and finally one message a week.

Even in the end, several messages of concern sent by Li Luran went unanswered.

Even when there are occasional replies, they are only a few cold words.

Li Luran knew she was very busy, but wasn't he just as busy?

In the final sprint of the college entrance examination, in addition to the heavy study tasks every day, he also had to study Korean on his own, which almost squeezed out all his rest time.

In fact, Li Luran had considered that everything between the two of them was just a pipe dream. Reason told him that Li Luran had woken up from the dream and should return to reality.

However, this was, after all, the first time he had ever fallen for a girl.

Perhaps this is why a person's first love always lingers in their memory.

"Let's wait a little longer."

Li Luran forcibly suppressed his inner unease and opened his book to continue his self-study of Korean.

During the past six months of almost obsessive study, his Korean has reached a level where he can communicate normally.

He even secretly looked up the application requirements for international students at several well-known universities in Seoul behind his parents' backs.

He wanted to wait until the college entrance exam was over, then stand in front of her with the admission notice and give her a huge surprise in the language she knew best.

To achieve this goal, Li Luran worked two days' worth of work in one day.

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June 8th, 5 PM.

As the final exam bell rang, high school seniors across China celebrated.

The corridor outside the examination hall was filled with the excited roars of the boys, and countless torn books fell from the teaching building like snowflakes.

These students, who had been suppressed for three years, were finally liberated.

"Lu Ran, I'm going out all night with my buddies. I recently started practicing a new hero, I guarantee I'll carry you!"

Zhang Kaixing rushed over, putting one hand on Li Luran's shoulder.

Li Luran pushed his hand away with disgust and shook her head: "I have something to do today, let's talk about it in a few days."

Under Zhang Kai's surprised gaze, Li Luran walked out of the school gate with the crowd.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on his face, and his eyes shone exceptionally brightly.

When Li Luran got home, his parents hadn't come home from get off work yet. He went back to his bedroom, locked the door, took a deep breath, and took out his phone.

He sat at his desk, his hands trembling slightly.

Even when he first started acting, he was never as nervous as he is now.

He opened the SMS interface and switched input methods.

"Sooji, my college entrance exams are over."

"You must be very tired these days. I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do to help."

"I have a surprise for you, don't be too surprised!"

After writing the last word, Li Luran checked it three times to make sure there were no mistakes before pressing the send button.

The message was sent successfully.

Li Luran let out a long sigh of relief and collapsed onto the bed.

A smile involuntarily crept up his lips as he imagined how Suzy would react when she saw the message.

One hour. Two hours.

The sun had completely set, plunging the room into darkness, but Suzy still hadn't replied.

"Maybe he's busy with promotional appearances," was the only way he could console himself.

Li Luran sat back down in her chair, clutching her phone tightly, completely dazed.

It's 11 p.m.

"Buzz..."

His phone rang, and he sat up abruptly, grabbing the phone.

It must be her, it must be Suzy's reply!

Li Luran opened his phone full of hope, and the sender was indeed Xiuzhi, but after reading it, his heart sank completely.

The screen displays only two simple lines of text:

"Li Luran, I'm sorry."

"I'm very grateful for the comfort you gave me in the elevator that day. But we're not children anymore, and some jokes shouldn't be taken seriously. My world is busy and complicated right now, and I don't want to be a burden to you, nor do I want to be a burden to you."

"Let's end this here. Let's not contact each other again. I wish you all the best in your future endeavors."

It wasn't the kind of dismissive statement like, "You're a good person, we're not a good match," but a very rational breakup.

The smile on Li Luran's face froze instantly.

He stared intently at the screen, and the words in front of him gradually became blurry.

A drag...is that it?

In her eyes, this relationship that he had tried so hard to get close to was just a joke, just a burden.

"impossible!"

Li Luran tried dialing Xiuzhi's number. He wanted to ask her directly if the company forced her to post this, and if her manager had taken her phone.

However, after hearing the notification tone from his phone, he was utterly desperate.

He's been blocked!

Li Luran seemed to have all her strength drained away, and she slumped helplessly in front of the bed, her phone rolling from her hand to the floor.

In the darkness, Li Luran slumped against the edge of the bed.

There was no anger; his mind seemed exceptionally clear at that moment.

Their ending seemed destined from the beginning, but Li Luran refused to believe it. He kept trying to cut through the thorns between them, but in the end, it was all for nothing.

For her sake, he gave up his precious rest time and studied Korean diligently every day.

For her sake, he rejected a guaranteed admission offer from a top domestic university and resolutely applied to a university in the peninsula.

This was the first time in Li Luran's eighteen-year-old life that he had truly fallen in love.

For the first time, his enthusiasm was mercilessly trampled underfoot and crushed to pieces by reality.

On this night that should have been filled with revelry, Li Luran locked himself in his room, adding a cold lock to the door that had just been opened to him.