Ever since that day, she began taking courses at the art school and joined the opera club that Lu Jiayuan participated in, hoping to get a little closer to him.
She was still somewhat reticent back then; even though she liked him, she never voiced her feelings.
Lu Jiayuan treated her with genuine gentleness. They rehearsed together, attended classes together, read in the library together, and went out to buy props for the club together...
In their junior year, the club's dress rehearsal was for "Romeo and Juliet". Perhaps because they had cast Lu Jiayuan, an Eastern man, as Romeo, the drama troupe also went with the flow and cast Jian Anning as Juliet. After school, the two often stayed late to practice. She didn't know if it was because of the rehearsals or the deep love Juliet had for Romeo, but she seemed to gradually assume the identity of her character, developing feelings for Lu Jiayuan, who played Romeo.
