"This story is entirely fictional. All cases, organizations, and characters are fictional and do not allude to any real-world events."
She is a legal studies prodigy, the untouchable campus beauty everyone sees as an icy goddess.
He is a legendary computer science genius, a campus heartthrob who shines on the basketball court yet remains aloof and distant.
They are like parallel lines, passing each other countless times on the Yan University campus, but never intersecting.
Wen Zhiyu has a secret: she has been reborn, and her memories of her past life are filled with the fierce battles of the courtroom. In this life, she only wants to quietly finish university and be an ordinary top student. She completes all four years of coursework by her sophomore year, gets recommended for graduate school as a junior, and graduates as a senior. Her advisor clasps her hand and says, "Zhiyu, you are the most gifted student I have ever met."
But she holds another secret in her heart: Jiang Shiyan, who always wears a gray hoodie and black-rimmed glasses while sitting by the window on the third floor of the library. She remembers his long, slender fingers spinning a pen, his deep voice explaining algorithms, and the lean line of his waist revealed when he casually lifts his shirt to wipe away sweat after sinking a three-pointer.
She is busy becoming the country's youngest practicing lawyer, while his startup in Silicon Valley reaches a valuation of over a hundred million. They shine on their own paths like two stars growing brighter and brighter, yet separated by the distance of an entire galaxy.
Time reverses in an instant, returning them to an afternoon in the Yan University library. Sunlight streams through the blinds, casting flecks of light on his eyelashes.
He sets down his teacup, walks down the wooden stairs step by step, and stops in front of her.
"Wen Zhiyu," he says, calling her by name. "I've waited eight years for you to appear."
"Now, how much longer are you going to make me wait?"
