-They were each other's one and only, yet both were too timid to say a word.
Yu Dongye and Wen Shixu were worlds apart.
At school, one kept to the empty corners and went unnoticed. The other was always surrounded by people, the center of everyone's attention.
The two of them should never have crossed paths, but a business marriage tied them together, and Yu Dongye went from being a classmate Wen barely knew to Mrs. Wen.
What no one else knew was that this marriage was supposed to be with Yu Xiawei. Yu Dongye was only an adopted daughter of the Yu family.
After the wedding, the two treated each other with polite respect. That lasted until a class reunion, where everyone spotted the understated shine of the wedding ring on his left ring finger and teased him about it.
Wen Shixu glanced at Yu Dongye, but she ducked her head as if in a panic.
His expression stiffened for a moment before returning to normal. His tone was lazily indifferent.
"My wife has been timid since she was a little girl."
That one sentence put an end to the teasing. Their classmates joked that he was keeping a beauty hidden away, but only Yu Dongye knew that their marriage, empty of substance, wasn't worth gossiping about.
Later, as the company gradually stabilized, this marriage, which should have ended long ago, was nearing its end too.
Yet Yu Dongye waited and waited, and Wen Shixu's divorce papers never came.
One autumn night, the enormous villa held only the two of them.
Yu Dongye carefully pushed open the door to Wen Shixu's study. The man was leaning back in his chair, reading documents, his collar loose and sleeves rolled up to his elbows, revealing the firm lines of his muscles.
When he saw her, he was about to ask how she was before she could say a word.
Yu Dongye handed him the divorce papers she'd had someone draw up. The man looked up without a sound.
Yu Dongye's voice was soft. "Wen Shixu, let's get divorced."
To her, this marriage, built on mutual interests, had never had any reason to exist.
Wen Shixu froze. His hand tightened around the papers until the veins stood out and the pages crumpled, then scattered across the floor.
Yu Dongye's vision went dark as she was abruptly pulled into his arms.
His teeth grazed her earlobe, his hot breath brushing her ear. His voice carried a nervousness and tremor she'd never heard before.
"Yu Dongye, are you serious?"
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When she was seventeen, Yu Dongye had one regret from her youth.
She liked Wen Shixu. She'd liked him for a long time.
No one knew this secret.
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(The male lead loves her deeply. The two of them have a serious misunderstanding between them.)
tips
Both leads are virgins. 1v1.
* School life and modern city life. They have a mutual secret crush, but neither knows the other feels the same.
* The female lead is quiet and slow to warm up during her school years.
* Also known as: Who's More Talkative, Who's More Misunderstood.
Theme: A youthful regret that is no longer a regret
