I Wish to Stay by Your Side Forever: Heaven-Sent Gift

[Cold on the outside, warm on the inside; math and science genius; the province’s top student, a little underdog]

Jiang Lin × An Qing

[Warm on the outside, cool on the inside; the pride of heaven; second in the province; a black-hearted young lady with a sweet facade]

Jiang Lin

At 18, she placed first in the province and got into the country’s top university. On the day of the freshman assembly, she had just finished her summer job and rushed breathlessly to the school auditorium. As she pushed open the doors, everyone turned to look at her, except the person onstage: An Qing, the freshman representative. She was like a star. Jiang Lin remembered her, only realizing later that it was love at first sight.

At 19, in her sophomore year, Jiang Lin knelt down, clutching the hem of that person’s clothes and crying as she begged, “Don’t go...” This was the first time Jiang Lin had ever begged anyone so humbly. Even when she was 13 and her parents had a car accident, with her father dying at the scene and her mother gravely ill in hospital, she had never pleaded with anyone like this. An Qing was the exception...

At 27, in the falling snow, Jiang Lin stood outside a temple, holding that person’s hand as she prayed devoutly, “May I remain by your side forever.”

An Qing

At 19, An Qing finally met her match: someone called Jiang Lin. She had heard about her before enrolling at Rongzhou College. Jiang Lin was so outstanding, and eventually the two became desk mates. Then one day, Jiang Lin passed her a little note: “You look unhappy. Want some candy?”

At 20, An Qing was forced to go abroad. No one knew that when she turned to leave, she... was crying too.

At 28, as An Qing watched the person beside her make a wish, she suddenly understood: it wasn’t “Jiang Lin” but “a gift from heaven” that she had received.