[Two male protagonists|Double cleanliness|1v1|Campus to city|Reunion after long separation|Two-way secret love]
Shen Nian'an once liked someone who he shouldn't like.
Lu Jingshen's flamboyant, dazzling, and casual preference was enough to make others envious, and it was enough to make Shen Nian'an clearly see the gap between the two.
From the day Lu Jingshen approached him, the atmosphere on campus changed. His grades were re-discussed, the quota was attributed to connections, and even hard work required an extra layer of explanation.
So even though his heart was moved, Shen Nian'an still took a step back.
He said, "People like you won't last long."
Lu Jingshen let go on the surface, but secretly remembered it for many years.
He refused to return to the Lu family and started a business with the money he had saved. The first time he lost everything, but the second time he started with a small order, learned to keep his head down, and finally understood that liking someone is not just a whim.
Reunited many years later, Shen Nian'an was still controlled and calm, but Lu Jingshen had long refused to retreat.
Others thought that Lu Jingshen had finally grown up, but only he knew that he had survived failure, embarrassment, and isolation all the way, just because he wanted to stand in front of Shen Nian'an one day and make him believe.
Until the letter written a year later was discovered.
Only then did Lu Jingshen realize that the "impossible person" that Shen Nian'an tried so hard to forget had always been him.
He clutched the envelope, his fingers were trembling, and his voice was hoarse.
"Shen Nian'an."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
From rejection to belief, from secret love to wedding rings, they have been going around for too long.
[Ps: In the early stage, there are campus rejections and entrepreneurial growth, but the length is not heavy. It is mainly about getting closer after a long separation, testing each other, ambiguous pull, clumsy but serious love.