The Tenth Summer I've Waited for You

【Player in love × sweet, well-behaved girl】 【Playboy reforms + secret love comes true】 She first met him on a midsummer night in July. At that moment, the dampness that had been lingering in her heart for months finally gave way to clear skies after the rain. # When they met again, he was carefree and dazzling. As his deskmate, she watched him flirt with other girls. She saw one girl after another come and go, quietly looking on as she decided to let him go. # Zhou Liran: “You've fallen for a fairy?” Gu Shijin: “I don't date girls from my own school.” Months later, she turned down one suitor after another. But the moment he saw a boy appear by her side, he couldn't sit still. Zhou Liran: “Didn't you say you don't date girls from your own school?” Gu Shijin: “I don't care about that anymore. He's going to get there first just because he's nearby!” # On the Winter Solstice, his voice low and husky, he asked, “When next summer comes, shall we be together?” Snow fell on her shoulders, and her eyes shone brighter than the night. # But when the cicadas began chirping softly around the start of summer, she left Nancheng, leaving behind only a letter and a bouquet of sunflowers. # Ten years later, at a negotiation table, the business card she handed over landed in his hand. When she looked up, her gaze met his ice-cold eyes. Everyone says the up-and-coming Mr. Gu is cold-blooded and hard-hearted. What they don't know is that in the dilapidated courtyard on Qingshi Lane, sunflowers have cast circles of light on the mold-stained walls through ten cycles of the seasons, blooming summer after summer. # “Let's not wait until next year. How about we get married this summer?” The man pins the woman against a wall. The instant she nods, hot tears fall into the hollow of her neck. # That summer arrived earlier than usual. In his trembling palm lay two marriage certificates. Reunion takes only an instant, but waiting took ten years.