Heartbeat is our destiny.
Lan Jingmu never imagined that she would meet Lu Changhe at the corner cafe ten years later.
The once high-spirited basketball boy is now taciturn, with frost etched between his brows.
The military watch on his wrist covered the hideous scars, and spread out on her desk was a translated manuscript on war psychology.
They met again under the old city wall, where there was a pear tree with flowers blooming like snow.
He taught her how to shoot, and she took him to read poetry.
He was used to suffering pain alone, but she stubbornly bandaged his wounds.
"I don't understand romance," he said.
But later, he planted a pear sapling between the bricks of the city wall and asked in a low voice, "Does this count?"
**"Some scars are destined to be healed by specific people."**
**"Some reunions are foreshadowings that have been buried for ten years by fate."**
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**Keywords**: Reunion after a long absence | Healing and redemption | Veteran male protagonist | Gentle female protagonist | Two-way secret love
