I Like You, But I Don't Want Anything From You

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[Six silent near-misses in a past life, in exchange for a lifetime together in this one. The seventh meeting is both the finale and the beginning.]

Ruan Qingxu worked in the civil service. At 27, she chose to resign. It was an awkward age, neither here nor there...

Once, when she saw a colleague resign, another colleague asked why she was leaving. If she stayed, she could work there for the rest of her life, with a respectable job, a stable income, and perhaps even a wonderful romance.

Now Ruan Qingxu wanted to tell that colleague, “If I don’t leave, sooner or later, I’ll jump from the office building.”

Later, she went to Shangri-La for an extended stay, giving herself three months off. There, she met a “Prince Antelope.” Ruan Qingxu poured all the emotions of her twenty-seven years into that moment. She understood that some people really could be described as love at first sight.

Those three months in Shangri-La were more relaxing and carefree than any time in Ruan Qingxu’s first twenty-seven years. Nobody knew her, and she no longer had to worry about other people’s feelings.

Everything that should and shouldn’t have happened with the “Prince Antelope” happened... But she knew perfectly well that this place wasn’t where she belonged. Rather than leave without a word, she had an honest, open conversation with him.

Later, she returned to Haicheng. As it happened, a former business partner learned that she had resigned and sincerely invited her to work together. There, she “ran into” the “Prince Antelope” again.

Only later did she learn that the so-called “Prince Antelope,” Lu Zeheng, was actually an executive director at Haicheng’s leading technology company and the eldest son of the Lu family. He had gone to Shangri-La simply to work with the local culture and tourism bureau. A trip originally planned to last a month had stretched to three...

Fate cannot be resisted.

Love points you toward the place where it belongs.

“You are my beginning and my end. Now that we’ve begun, I won’t let go.” -- Lu Zeheng

Novel blurb:

From “I like you, but I don’t expect anything”

to “You are all of my tomorrows”

A deeply romantic story of voices, starlight, and healing.

1.

Su Mumian began as Li Shuxun’s manager, the person who understood him best, yet least wanted to “have” him.

She planned his future and shielded him from storms, for no other reason than that she wanted to.

She knew better than anyone: the stars in the galaxy were best admired from afar.

During a vacation by the sea in Linyu, she helped an elderly person get in touch with their family.

When the call connected, the voice she knew best came through: “Hello?”

Su Mumian never imagined that Li Shuxun would be on the other end of the line!

The safe distance between them was shattered.

The calm came to an abrupt end.

For the first time, he truly “saw” her.

He saw her thoughtful gentleness, and her deliberate distance.

She helped him, respected him, and stayed by his side, but never crossed the line.

She wanted him to shine, and to always feel comfortable and at ease whenever she was around.

As for anything else? She didn’t want it.

And she couldn’t have it, anyway.

But for the first time, Li Shuxun wanted to ask:

“Why do you arrange everything so carefully, but never make room for yourself?”

2.

Unwilling to be shackled by other investors, Li Shuxun and his friends started a new studio. Of course, Su Mumian resolutely chose to stand by his side. She was no longer his manager, but a comrade fighting alongside him.

At the time, Li Shuxun still had no idea that Su Mumian liked him. He only thought of her as a capable, responsible employee.

After they worked together more and more, Li Shuxun found his gaze involuntarily seeking out Su Mumian.

Her secret love finally saw the light of day.

“Mumu, you finally put all your eggs in this one basket! And it was worth it!” -- Shen Zhiyao

That was the first thing Su Mumian’s best friend said to her after learning the two of them were dating.

When I can finally stand beside him,

he’ll lay out a starry sky at the speed skating rink where we first met and kneel on one knee:

“You’ve looked up to me for four years.”

“For the rest of our lives, let me look up to you.”

“She was the coolheaded strategist behind his career, and the gentlest anonymous guest in his life.”

“Until the day he finally reached out to hold on to that breeze passing through.”

A secret love comes true, told from the heroine’s point of view. “Unrequited love” may be one of the most painful phrases, but once the light of day breaks, secret love can become a journey of self-discovery.

“At the end of my dream, you are all I can see.”

Note: All jobs and work-related details in this story are fictional and do not correspond to real life.

Theme: Keep moving forward. There will be an answer waiting ahead