Lu Di: A Heart Stirred in Years Past

[Lu Han x Dilraba Dilmurat] [Fanfiction for personal enjoyment; this is fictional, so please don’t conflate it with reality or bring it to the actors themselves]

Seven years, with mountains and seas between them; one thought, and a heart trapped in the dust of the past.

The passionate, openhearted love of that summer was sealed away in the evening breeze and old footage of 2017.

He is a man consumed by memories, endlessly caught in his own thoughts. Year after year, he sinks into the past, holding himself back in quiet humiliation and returning again and again to a history no one cares about, keeping his feelings hidden for seven whole years.

She is clear-eyed and resilient, someone who loves with restraint and dignity. Gentle and self-possessed, she keeps her deep feelings in check, always measured and composed.

A tender reunion as they return to their hometown, and a slow reconciliation witnessed by mountains and rivers.

From the silent tension of city nights, to the gentle thaw of familiar home comforts, and finally to years of letting go beneath the vast evening skies of Sayram Lake.

They are hemmed in by time, by propriety, and by feelings they dare not take too far. One doesn’t dare step forward; the other refuses to break the silence.

There are no grand declarations of love, no hurried rush toward a happy ending, only the gentle, dignified, slow-burning reunion of two adults.

The mountains and rivers stretch on; the evening breeze understands.

The feelings of years past have never faded, and with every passing year, they find each other again, little by little.

It turns out the best love isn’t a brief burst of passion,

but the willingness, despite seven years of regret, to

take it slow, wait patiently, and find happiness together.

[This story starts angsty and turns sweet. Chapters 1–10 mainly cover Lu Han’s breakup history. If you don’t want to read that, you can start directly from chapter 11.]