Finally Twenty-Five

Independent, clear-headed astronomist heroine × playboy-in-disguise, pure-hearted musician hero

Straight-laced science girl × artsy, secretly passionate guy

Realistic romance | Mutual healing | Rekindled love

At twenty-five, Lu Zhaoxi was just like everyone else her age, juggling a job, studying for the civil service exam, and applying for a PhD program.

Then an accidental fall led to a diagnosis of a rare disease that causes organ hardening. Her every joy and sorrow, every desire and longing, would come to an end at twenty-five.

When she learned the truth, she wasn't sad. Instead, she felt freer than ever. No more anxiety or overthinking, no more worrying about the future, and no more endless pressure from those around her to get married and have children. The invisible whip that had always driven her forward had vanished. At last, she could stop and do what she truly wanted.

While her body could still move, she would travel, climb high peaks, and gaze at the stars from mountaintops, as close to the sky as she could get.

After saying goodbye to her friends, Lu Zhaoxi set out on the final journey of her life.

At first, she only wanted a travel companion. But after spending every day together for weeks, she fell in love with him.

Their relationship was destined to have no future, because she had no future herself.

And yet, on a stormy, snowbound night on the Matterhorn, she received his confession.

Shen Jueyu had spent twenty-five years as a rich heir. He'd studied art for ten of those years and worked as a music producer for three. Though admirers flocked around him, he'd never been in a relationship.

He thought too highly of himself, convinced that no one could reach his heart.

At first, he only wanted a fun companion for his journey in search of inspiration. But after spending every day together for weeks, he fell in love with her.

He could also tell that Lu Zhaoxi was hiding a secret.

What secret could make such an optimistic, cheerful woman seem so impossibly distant?

Shen Jueyu wasn't in a hurry. He believed love could heal anything, and that they had plenty of time ahead of them. He would uncover the secret in her heart himself.

With a blizzard raging on the Matterhorn, whether they would make it back down alive was anyone's guess.

That night, he summoned his courage and confessed to a woman for the first time.

From the heroine's perspective

Includes a groveling arc; happy ending!

Theme: No age marks the end