Where Fireflies Wait

In a quiet village surrounded by rice fields and rivers, Lin Xinyue and Chen Yu'an grow up side by side - sharing stolen buns, secret notes in class, firefly-lit nights, and a childhood that feels endless.

Xinyue is serious, disciplined, and quietly ambitious. She dreams of a life beyond the village, a future built through hard work and distance.

Yu'an is warm, funny, and deeply rooted in the land he loves. He believes that someone must stay behind to protect home, traditions, and the people who raised them.

As they grow, so does something unspoken between them.
From innocent childhood companionship to teenage jealousy and almost-confessions, their bond slowly shifts into love neither dares to name - because naming it would force them to choose between each other and their dreams.

Graduation brings the first real fracture:
Xinyue leaves for the city to chase her ambitions,
while Yu'an stays behind to guard the village they once ran through together.

There are no villains in their story - only time, distance, and the quiet question of whether love must always walk the same path to survive.

Where Fireflies Wait is a soft, fluffy, bittersweet romance about growing up, choosing oneself without abandoning love, and learning that sometimes, the bravest love is the one that allows each other to grow in different directions - while still waiting, gently, under the same sky.