In high school, Li Zhifan was the only light in my bleak world.
He was sunny and cheerful, holding an umbrella over me on rainy days and protecting me from bullies.
But after his mother stormed into the classroom and called me a “homewrecker,” I transferred schools.
Ten years later, we meet again. He’s a rising tech tycoon, and I’m in charge of procurement for a client company.
He’s become brooding and inscrutable, his eyes full of calculation and suspicion whenever he looks at me.
At the negotiating table, he presses me at every turn. “Manager Gu, will you accept these terms?”
Looking at the unfamiliar features before me, I suddenly remember the boy who once fought for me.
It turns out we’ve both changed. I just didn’t know how much had gone unspoken over the past ten years.
