[GL, Older Woman/Younger Woman, Mutual Pining, Jewelry Design, Sweet Romance and Push-Pull]
In her previous life, Xia Nan stole Shen Qingyao's most important secrets for the sake of a scumbag. Betrayed and tortured, she died in an abandoned warehouse.
When she opens her eyes again, she's twenty-three.
Shen Qingyao stands beside her hospital bed, cool, distant, and sparing with words. Exactly as she was in her previous life.
But Xia Nan knows that when this woman says, “Behave and rest,” she'll turn around and have someone bring food to her taste. She makes Xia Nan kneel so she'll remember her limits, not because she wants her to suffer. A late-night message saying, “There's soup simmering in the kitchen,” is the only way she knows how to show concern.
Xia Nan didn't understand until she was dying in her previous life. In this life, she kneels before Shen Qingyao and admits her mistake. “Sister Qingyao, I know I was wrong.” Shen Qingyao gives her one last chance: break things off with Hu Mingjie and catch up on her studies.
Xia Nan doesn't run away this time.
She returns to her studies and makes amends for her past debts. In Shen Qingyao's silence, she slowly begins to see how good she is to her.
Shen Qingyao answers all her promises with a single “Mm.”
Later, Xia Nan finally stands by Shen Qingyao's side. That woman, cold to the bone and still distant with everyone else, drops all restraint when they're alone.
Halfway through a meeting, she pulls Xia Nan onto her lap and kisses her, then calmly returns to her files. When she comes back from a business trip, she doesn't even put down her luggage before cupping Xia Nan's face and kissing her, murmuring, “I missed you.” The patch of floor where she once made Xia Nan kneel is still there. Only now, the one on her knees is the woman whose legs have gone weak from being kissed. In her previous life, Shen Qingyao never got to take back the words “It's too late.” This time, she says something different. As Xia Nan leans against her shoulder, breathless, Shen Qingyao presses her forehead to hers and murmurs
The writing is very good, the emotions are very delicate, and the scenes are described in a layered way, (ღ˘⌣˘ღ)