A willful, possessive young master vs. a gentle yet resilient girl [Mutual healing & reunion after years apart & unrequited love & substitute]
[1.] Xu Qinghe had pretended to be gentle and obedient ever since childhood. Through a twist of fate, she is forced to agree to date Shen Yanchi, a man she has met only once.
One summer, after a violent rainstorm, beneath a camellia tree, she agrees to his three demands.
“First, you don’t get to break up with me.”
“Second, you have to learn to like me.”
“Third, you have to fall in love with me in the end.”
Xu Qinghe agrees in a daze, accepting the camellia Shen Yanchi offers her and resolving to be a sweet, obedient girlfriend.
[2.] Another midsummer, with the rain pouring down just as hard. After a sudden upheaval, Xu Qinghe trudges into the hospital, weighed down by exhaustion and soaked clothes.
Shen Yanchi won’t let her inside. In a hoarse voice, he tells the person softly knocking at the door, “You’re free.”
She lowers her hands and sits leaning against the doorframe, her swollen eyes fixed on a spot in the corridor. Without a word, she keeps watch over him all night.
[3.] On Xu Qinghe’s birthday, Shen Yanchi somehow finds out where she lives and appears at her doorstep.
She coldly tells him to leave. He ignores her and pulls her into his arms. In a muffled voice, he says, “I’ve loved you for so long, and you never knew.”
Xu Qinghe braces him, worried. “What didn’t I know?”
“The camellia you gave me. You’d forgotten all about it.”
At his words, her almond-shaped eyes widen. She freezes, murmuring in a daze.
The freedom I spent my whole life searching for began to take shape the day I met you.
I like redemption-type articles very much. Both the male and female protagonists are very good and the images are very three-dimensional. I kept crying when I saw the heroine's experience. I hope the author will write sweeter later. I like to read sweet love. Woohoo, the author must keep writing and I will finish it!