Gu Wei, a fifteen-year-old boy with a forgetful mind and a complex personality, was crushing excessively on a quiet, gentle nature, Zhai Mei.
This boy, who was always shy with his feelings, had been watching Zhai Mei from the moment he laid his eyes on her.
The circumstances in which they first met weren't ideal, Gu Wei having broken the school rules (not for the first time) and Zhai Mei joining the group of latecomers for the first time.
What caught Gu Wei's attention and sprouted the roots of his crush was the way Zhai Mei had dealt with the teacher's scolding.
Back straighter than a prefect's, chin lifted in defiance to the adult's words, brown eyes that appeared gentle on a first look, daring the teachers to say a single word out of turn.
When the adults were tired of their forlorn faces and refused to meet Zhai Mei's gaze, Gu Wei's heart skipped a beat.
When the teacher cleared his throat and waved Zhai Mei off without punishment, Gu Wei gaped in disbelief.
When Zhai Mei's lips quirked into a small smile as she left him with the other miserable students, Gu Wei felt warmth bloom in his chest, understanding that he eyes light eyes weren't gentle, they were warm.
A pleasant warmth that spread through the next few days as he watched Zhai Mei from afar, scared to interact, delighted when he caught her attention, and her eyes happened to meet his.
When she smiled softly at him again and nothing mattered in that moment but her warm gaze.
Gu Wei couldn't wait to pour his heart out to the source of the fuzzy feeling in him.
Couldn't wait to walk up to Zhai Mei and finally hear the words he'd dreamt of every night; I like you too.
However, when Gu Wei finally built up the courage to tell Zhai Mei she'd infected him with her presence in his mind, his feelings were met with the chirp of insects and the flap of birds soaring overhead.
Zhai Mei's confused expression was one that said she couldn't understand what he was doing, or saying.
The silence that surrounded them was answer enough for Gu Wei, Zhai Mei's hesitant hand movement and mouthed words slowly pulling him to a realisation.
A knowledge that this person who had sown a seed of emotions in him, existed in a world without sound.
A world where the only things Zhai Mei understood were words. Words she couldn't utter herself.
This left Gu Wei deflated and confused, overwhelmed with the complexity of the situation.
How was he going to confess to someone who didn't understand him?
Reveal his feelings when he couldn't make sense or understand the hand movements she gestured with. This left a 15-year-old Gu Wei in a predicament.
He howled his foul display of emotions to his only companion and best friend, Ha Xing.
Gu Wei recalled his predicament and realisation to the dating master Ha Xing.
Popularly known as a matchmaker and ships to 50% of the school's population.
The head girl and head boy of Hammered Studies High School had discovered each other and their love with the help of the great master.
This time, it was a good friend of his who needed his love-fixing abilities. Naturally, Master Ha Xing did not fail in his mission.
He advised Gu Wei to learn sign language, even a tiny bit, and thereby confess with a gesture his crush would understand.
The master had, of course, been witness to the past few weeks where Gu Wei was consumed by Zhai Mei.
The problem with the solution was; Gu Wei was a slow learner without a single motive in his bones that pointed to education.
Learning something as hard as sign language was like telling a chicken to fly two yards.
He would try his utmost best, but never truly persevered.
Gu Wei's spirit for learning was as dull as the colour grey.
That said, what would be the best course of action for a spirit such as Gu Wei?
The answer came to Master Ha Xing swiftly and without delay.
Entertainment.
His dear friend was known for his love for television dramas, and watching one with sign language would surely kindle his long burnt out fire to learn.
Perhaps even his love for the beauty Zhai Mei would perform as a ladder.
The perfect drama with the right theme for Gu Wei's predicament was none other than the renowned 'My Loneliness Calls You' starring the pretty flowers, Ai Nang, and Fu Yuan.
The boy in question did not hesitate to watch this so-called television show that would help him understand Zhai Mei, and give him enough energy to make it through learning a language as hard as that of signs.
But, unexpectedly, while watching this heartfelt romance story of two sisters, one mute, and the other not, fighting for the love of one such handsome charmer.
Gu Wei was captivated by a character, falling in love with the second female lead, Fu Yuan.
An otherworldly beauty with the slightest strands of hair that flowed like the sea, and eyes that gazed through the lenses of a screen like she knew you were watching.
And thus, began a journey of excessive fanboying on the heartthrob, hardworking actresses with a confident character.
This new fanboy completely forgot his original reason for seeking out a sign language drama, jump-starting his never ending journey of caring only for his new Idol, and Goddess, Fu Yuan.
The excessive infatuation ran so deep, it was like his first original crush, Zhai Mei, never existed.