Clear Skies Today, Perfect for a Confession

[Second Chance at Love] [Reunion After Years Apart] [Secret Crush Comes True] [Three-Year Age Gap]

After twenty years of playing it safe, Lin Yang suddenly wanted to rebel for once and do something earth-shattering.

So...

After the party, emboldened by alcohol, she pinned her aloof, unattainable boss against the wall in a dark, lightless alley off the food street. Drunk, she threatened him: "...Shen Yanzhuo, go out with me." Then she kissed him.

The next day, Lin Yang stood in her boss's office and read a three-thousand-word confession letter under Shen Yanzhuo's murderous gaze.

In the end, all she got was Shen Yanzhuo's teasing remark: "You're already dumping your boyfriend on the second day of dating? You're a cruel girlfriend, aren't you?"

Lin Yang: "..."

Was this man seriously that shameless?

*

Lin Yang knew they belonged to two different worlds, so she stayed clearheaded throughout this mistaken relationship.

But Shen Yanzhuo always had a way of making her lose herself.

When she said she missed home but had no time to visit, he gave her time off on the spot and drove more than a thousand kilometers to take her for a taste of home.

When someone bullied her and she had no one to turn to, he dropped everything and personally went with her to set things right.

And when her birthday was coming up, he went to great lengths to gather presents from all over the world, even climbing through a window in the middle of the night just to wish her a happy birthday.

Lin Yang believed she could take things in stride, and let go when the time came.

And she really was that kind of person.

So, sticking to the rule of never giving anyone more than three chances, after Shen Yanzhuo made her act completely against reason for the third time, Lin Yang broke things off without hesitation and left for a foreign country.

*

When Shen Yanzhuo first met Lin Yang, she was a tiny, fluffy little thing, crouching by the roadside and waiting for the rain to stop. She looked so pitiful that he wanted to take her home and keep her.

Later, he really did take her home and look after her, watching the spirited yet cautious girl get herself into trouble every day.

Little by little, he took her to heart. Whenever he had a moment, he would think of her, sometimes hundreds of times a day.

His friends, watching the drama unfold, warned him, "Don't spoil her too much. One day she'll be walking all over you."

Shen Yanzhuo scoffed. "I spoiled her. If she doesn't walk all over me, who else is she supposed to walk all over?" The result of spoiling her too much was that she left without even saying goodbye.

*

When they met again, Lin Yang wore a polite smile and extended her hand to him with composed courtesy. Her voice was calm and refined.

"Mr. Shen, I look forward to working with you."

Her strictly professional manner made Shen Yanzhuo's eyes ache and his teeth grind. So, during a typhoon, he cornered her in the bedroom. As the wind roared outside and mixed with the girl's broken sobs, he curled his lips in satisfaction and gently coaxed the girl in his arms as she wept.

Shen Yanzhuo had never thought of himself as a cruel man. But when he saw the faint red tint around Lin Yang's eyes, he suddenly thought he could stand to be a little crueler, enough to teach someone a lesson.

After their project ended, Lin Yang planned to go home.

Just before she boarded her flight, a call came in. She knew the number by heart.

For reasons she couldn't explain, Lin Yang answered. Shen Yanzhuo's drunken voice came from the other end.

"...Lin Yang, I regret letting you go. I should've stuck to you like glue. How can you not feel even a little sorry for me?"

The man who should have been at a bar suddenly appeared, smelling of alcohol as he wrapped his arms around her and kept rubbing his head against hers. His hoarse voice, tinged with a plea, merged with the one on the phone:

"This time, let me be the one to say it."

"Lin Yang, marry me."

--[You never know who will bring you the most good fortune in this life, but I know today's sunny weather is perfect for a confession.]

--[Lin Yang had been walking the road of love for a long time. On a sudden whim, she took a turn, only to find Shen Yanzhuo had been following right behind her all along, never leaving her side.]

Theme: Love yourself before loving someone else