During the ten years of the apocalypse, Lin Ye watched Shen Yan die in a tide of corpses while protecting her. His words, “In our next life, don't meet me again. It was too painful,” became a regret etched into her very bones.
When she is suddenly reborn, she finds herself in a parallel world untouched by the apocalypse, sitting in a college calculus lecture. She looks up and sees the clean-cut young man, Shen Yan, bent over his work. Sunlight falls on his hair. No scars, no exhaustion: he is exactly as she remembers him from all the times she missed her chance.
This time, Lin Ye seizes her opportunity:
A hot breakfast ready early in the morning, and a hand warmer wrapped in soft fleece;
The thoughtfulness to help him escape his demanding boss and find an easy part-time job;
A hot sweet potato quietly passed to him in the study room, and the patience to explain problems in a quiet corner of the library;
And, on a winter night beneath the streetlights, goji berry and red date tea she made for him, plus mint-free throat lozenges tucked into his pocket.
She thinks she's the only one making up for the past, never realizing that the reserved young man has been quietly returning her affection:
Hot milk he prepares every morning, and notes with the key points already organized for her;
A shoulder shielding her from the winter wind, and a sunflower necklace he prepared for New Year's Eve;
A hand warmer pushed her way in the study room, and sweet potato balls he quietly puts on her plate in the cafeteria.
From strangers to friends, from tentative testing to growing closer, there's no hardship or wandering through an apocalypse, only the little everyday warmth of campus life. Lin Ye only wants to turn all the debts she owes him from her previous life into affection, unaware that Shen Yan is also slowly making a place for her in his heart, quietly returning all her tenderness in his own way.
This is a story of mutual redemption and a sweet, enduring romance: In our previous life, you protected me for ten years. In this life, I'll cherish you forever.
