I Want to Be the Apple of Your Eye in This Life

As Jiang Yining lay dying in Yu Wendong’s arms, she said faintly, “If there’s a next life, I’ll marry you…” Then she breathed her last.

When she opened her eyes again, she was back on the eve of her college graduation. This time, she decided to be bolder and took the initiative. “Let’s get a room tonight.” This time, it was Yu Wendong who blushed.

As their wedding approached, she refused her mother’s unreasonable demand for an exorbitant bride price and was determined to elope with Yu Wendong. But Yu Wendong said, “She’s your mother. I have to respect her for your sake. And I’ll pay the bride price too. It’s the confidence I want you to have, and the freedom I want you to enjoy.”

Fate always plays tricks on people. When Jiang Yining fell ill, she chose to leave so she wouldn’t be a burden to Yu Wendong, unaware that he had been quietly keeping an eye on her all along.

For a while, she dreamed every night of Yu Wendong’s burning gaze, his warm embrace, his tender kisses, and his whispered words of longing. The dreams felt so real that she could clearly feel the contours of his abs. She thought it was all a dream, until one night when she couldn’t sleep. In the middle of the night, she saw Yu Wendong quietly enter her room and, with practiced ease, lift her into his arms…