He Was Poor Back Then, So He Pushed Away the One He Loved

Name: He Was Poor Back Then, So He Pushed Away the One He Loved
Author: Bei Yuan

当年他穷，亲手推开了心上人

by Bei Yuan (焙塬)

Status: Completed
Length: 301k Words
Genre: Modern Romance
Subgenre: Workplace & Marriage
Updated: 26d ago
Source: Fanqie

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Synopsis

[A realistic story with a slow burn]

Three years ago, Jiang Zhou had nothing and was mired in self-doubt.

Not wanting to hold back Bai Weiwei, who had come all that way for him, he hardened his heart and pushed her away with his own hands.

He spent the next three years working hard, but there was always an emptiness inside him. He had never truly let her go.

He gathered his courage and tried to win her back, hoping to use the joking “three-year pact” she had once made with him as an excuse to start over, but an unexpected misunderstanding got in the way.

Full of guilt and loneliness, he wanted only to quietly bow out and leave her life undisturbed.

As he tried to leave, he learned the truth: she was still unmarried.

Having missed his chance once, he could not let her slip away for the rest of his life. He had been too cowardly to hold on before; from now on, he was willing to let go of every shred of pride.

He pursues her shamelessly and relentlessly, using the rest of his life to make up for the tenderness and devotion he failed to give her.

[Rekindled love + reunion after a long separation + male lead’s perspective + comeback and pursuit + misunderstanding]

Intangible cultural heritage passed down + an ordinary worker’s rise in the workplace

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