A date with my old friend

Today, I had a date with my old friend, Li. We didn't meet with each other for half a year, which is very normal for us. Because, I am studying Law in a law school in Xi'an and Li is studying in Shanghai. We stay in the same city, Shanghai, during our summer holiday. Despite this we spend little time with each other, however we are constant companions (or: we remain friends).

Li is a girl and I am a boy, but our relationship is pure. This is how it started. One day, Li found that she had fallen in love with a boy, but that she was too shy to express her love. Fortunately, that guy is my good friend and Li requested my help. I conveyed her love to that guy. (Sounds very odd, perhaps instead use: I let him know that she liked him.) Finally, the guy rejected her, but Li became my good friend. She doesn't want to date a man like me.

It's total honesty between us. I really cherish the companionship between Li and me.

Hope this helps, if you want further explanations just ask me, or probably other people will jump in to help out :)