Running to You Ten Thousand Times

[Reunion after years apart + healing and redemption + groveling chase + romantic push and pull + school days to city life] Everyone knew Sheng Qi of Songyuan No. 1 High School was a strange guy. He was withdrawn and cold, keeping people at such a distance that many who wanted to get close to him gave up. But Wen Shuyu was different. From the day she started school, she followed him around like she was bewitched. No matter how many times he turned her down, she showed up in front of him again the very next day. Her friends teased her all the time. “I don’t know, you two seem like a long shot. He treats you just like everyone else. He… doesn’t seem to pay much attention to anyone.” Wen Shuyu said, “I’m not like them. They’re secretly in love with him; I’m openly in love with him.” Secret love was bound to lose to open love in the end. Wen Shuyu always believed that. As time passed, even the people around them thought the two of them had a chance. Then one day, Sheng Qi suddenly disappeared. Without warning, he vanished from her life and never contacted her again. From then on, the saying that secret love was bound to lose to open love became a joke to Wen Shuyu, too. Six years later Wen Shuyu saw Sheng Qi again at a meeting between her older brother, Wen Mufan, and a business rival. The man before her wore a perfectly tailored suit. He had long since outgrown his youthful awkwardness, and an air of natural elegance now surrounded him. On the way back, Wen Mufan said bluntly, “We’ll have to think carefully about this partnership.” Wen Shuyu was puzzled. “Why?” Wen Mufan replied, “He’s got bad intentions. He thinks you’re pretty, and his eyes are practically glued to you. He’s got a better aim than radar.”