Childhood sweethearts | Reunion after years apart | Mutual pining | Urban workplace (with flashbacks to their school days)
[Resilient, composed designer × Courteous gentleman who only pretends to be proper]
They grew up as neighbors, walking home together through the dusky evenings.
In high school, Xu Anhe fell for Song Shuyan first. He was too innocent and slow to realize how she felt.
“Song Shuyan, will we always be like this?”
Walking beneath the sunset, the girl spoke with a voice full of cautious hope.
Back then, he had yet to understand the flutter in his heart, and only replied blandly, “Of course. We’re friends.”
Before they could clear up the misunderstanding, his father forced him to transfer schools.
Their attempts to fight back came to nothing, and they were forced apart, left with only sporadic messages online.
After spending years far from home, Song Shuyan finally realized he had never been able to let her go.
When they meet again after years apart, he slowly draws closer, gently chipping away at the walls around her heart.
On a rainy night, Xu Anhe looks at him and asks, “What am I to you, really?”
With his family’s coercion closing in, he can only act coldly toward her to protect her.
“Don’t waste your time on me.”
Xu Anhe’s fingertips tremble. “Was all that care you showed me fake?”
“It was nothing. You read too much into it.”
Her sincere love shattered, she buries her feelings and deliberately avoids him.
When Song Shuyan finally breaks free of his restraints and returns, all he finds is the distance she keeps between them.
“Mr. Song, let’s just keep things professional.”
“Hehe, it wasn’t what you thought back then.”
