[A talkative, sweet-tongued ray of sunshine × a gloomy, beautiful, untouchable heartthrob]
(Reader’s guide: heroine-focused + reborn + unrequited love + only ever each other + a husband’s long road to winning back his wife)
After the boy she had secretly loved for years took his own life, Xu Wei was reborn soon after.
When she opened her eyes again, she was back at eighteen. A mechanical voice suddenly rang in her mind:
“Host Xu Wei, you are now bound to the Redemption System.”
“Please save Yan Ji. Warm him, heal him, and stop him from taking his own life again.”
Xu Wei was stunned. “Huh? Me???”
Xu Wei had been Yan Ji’s neighbor for years, but she insisted they really didn’t know each other at all!
The saying “living close to the water lets you reach the moon first” certainly didn’t apply to him.
The System cried out in desperation, “Host, you’re the only one who can save Yan Ji!”
Xu Wei: “All right…”
And so
“Yan Ji, you have to smile today.”
“…”
“Yan Ji, say a few more words today!”
“Mm…”
“Yan Ji, next time someone snaps at you, snap right back!”
“Okay…”
At first, the boy only nodded in silence, keeping her at a distance.
Later, in a deserted alley, the boy who had once kept everyone at arm’s length trembled, the corners of his eyes red. He cautiously caught the hem of Xu Wei’s skirt and gently rested his forehead against hers, his voice full of unease. “Xu Wei, could you stop smiling at him? I can make you laugh too…”
The boy was imprisoned in a lightless cage. People tried to grind away his sharp edges, force him to bow his head, and drag the bright moon into the mire, turning him into a docile puppet.
Then one day, a vibrant splash of color entered that ruined corner.
At last, his world held more than black and white.
