[Two male leads + Six-year age gap + Contrasting identities + Reunited after years apart + Younger man pursues him boldly + Tension over boundaries + One-on-one, both each other's first and only love + Happy ending, sweet romance]
By day, Shen Qinghe is gentle and restrained, clear-headed as a glass of cold water.
At night, he stands behind the lights of a bar in a black shirt and silver earbuds, seeming to glow anew in the darkness.
Jiang Xu is only covering a shift at the bar for a friend when he sees, beneath the stark white lights, a familiar profile from twelve years ago.
That summer, the older boy next door held a pen and taught him to read English, again and again.
Then, without warning, he left, and Jiang Xu never heard from him again.
Years later, they meet again. Shen Qinghe no longer remembers him.
But Jiang Xu recognizes the familiar mole on his cheek at a glance.
He starts drawing closer, testing the waters, and appearing in front of Shen Qinghe as if by chance.
Shen Qinghe sees through him but says nothing. He only asks, “Who are you really looking at?”
Only later does Jiang Xu understand.
He isn't looking at an idealized memory of the past, a fleeting attraction, or another side of Shen Qinghe revealed by the night.
He sees Shen Qinghe, entirely as he is.
This is a great book with great potential that I discovered by accident. I found it very attractive after reading the introduction. The teacher's writing style is very good, with a light sense of tension and a sense of proportion. It feels like the two people's relationship progresses naturally and naturally, and it is not abrupt when they are together. Anyway, I like it very much (๑•ω•๑), the writing is super good, super good, super good!!
In love. More than etiquette