Running Toward Love, Waiting for the Wind and for You

[Workplace romance + devoted one-on-one love + love that grows over time + mutual healing] Qiao Yining’s life had felt like a lonely island stranded by fate from the very beginning. Her parents divorced when she was young and each started a new family. She became the “extra” one, with only her grandmother to rely on. After her grandmother passed away, she lost her last sense of belonging. Then, at university, she met the radiant Lin Weiwei. They graduated together and spent six years striving to make a life in J City, as if at last the light had reached reality. But a sudden car accident took her best friend Weiwei and crushed the only warmth Qiao Yining had left. Having lost her only light, she was disheartened. She quit her high-paying job and moved alone to Yun City. Just when she was at her most desperate, she met another source of “light”: Duan Mufeng. A top investor in the capital’s elite circles and a graduate of a prestigious university, he had returned to his hometown out of a deep attachment to it. He founded a guesthouse, planted an orchard, and preserved the art of tie-dye, devoting himself to turning his homeland into the place where his dreams could take root. That day, he hurried over on behalf of his younger brother, intending only to apologize for an accident. But the instant their eyes met, he was not only captivated by her beauty; the ocean of sorrow and despair in her eyes also moved him deeply. He carried her to the hospital and then home, listening to her steady breathing the whole way. “Sleep. Everything will be all right when you wake up,” he murmured tenderly without realizing it. He didn’t know whether he was saying it to her or to himself. She fell into a deep sleep, and he carried her with steady steps. Neither of them knew that this one journey on his back would quietly bind them together in a bond that would wind through the rest of their lives.