A Slow Return

Blurb:

[Two top students + from school days to the wedding altar + childhood friends + a slow, steady romance; sweet, gentle little fairy vs. cool, refined young man]

Jiang Xu, the heartthrob of Changjun No. 1 High School, is elegant and refined, excels in both character and academics, and tops the whole school as its undisputed academic star. He is the pride of everyone around him.

One day, a student who arrives early to class witnesses the boy sitting in a corner, chin resting on his hand as he gazes at a sleeping girl. His dark eyes grow deeper, and then he bends down to leave a soft kiss on her rosy cheek.

Later**

“So you were stealing kisses from me even back then.”

“A kiss in return.”

She rises onto her toes, her lashes fluttering, and presses her soft lips to his cheek, tenderly stirring his heart.

Beneath the warm streetlights, their petite shadows lean toward each other.

The boy freezes, his ears turning bright red in an instant.

Later still**

Ye Jingyi, a senior legal consultant, is invited to a wine tasting at an estate.

Before she goes, she has no idea that her man will be attending too, until she feels a scorching gaze from ahead.

She looks up and suddenly meets his eyes. Jiang Xu's gaze shifts, and he curls his lips into a smile before turning back to chat with the person beside him.

She leaves early, gathers the hem of her evening gown, and gets into a business car. Her phone receives a message from him: “There are too many people.”

Confused, she replies: “?”

“Too many people to hold you properly.”

He had wanted to write, “Kiss you,” but was afraid his baby would get shy.

“Don't act cute,” Ye Jingyi says. She can't resist him when he's like this.

Jiang Xu doesn't care. “I'll save it for later. I'll hold you when we get home.”

Among all the stars in the world, none are you, and all of them are you.

The flowers are blooming along the road. Take your time coming home.