[Rekindled Romance | They reunite right from the start]
[Tsundere dancer with catlike charm x devoted tech tycoon with puppy-dog charm]
After all these years apart, Xue Rao never imagined she and Jiang Yanli would meet again.
They lived under the same roof, just as they had that summer in high school when he first came to stay with her family.
"Brother, long time no see." Xue Rao managed a faint smile as she spoke her first words to him.
"Brother?" Jiang Yanli raised an eyebrow and looked at her with a smile. "Did you used to call me that?"
In other people's eyes, they had once been like a close brother and sister.
But whenever Xue Rao was around Jiang Yanli, she only called him "brother" mischievously after she'd done something naughty.
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The night before her engagement, Xue Rao tidied her room, determined to put her girlish feelings behind her once and for all.
In a book he'd given her years ago, she found an old photograph, its edges yellowed with age.
On the back of the photo, which showed her and Jiang Yanli dancing together, someone had written in neat, elegant script, with earnest sincerity:
"I wish we were a waltz that would never reach its end."
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[Bonus Scene]
One day after they got back together, Xue Rao hopped onto Jiang Yanli's lap, wrapped her arms around his neck, and asked:
"Jiang Yanli, if you hadn't received my engagement invitation back then, would you still have come back?"
He held her around the waist, thought of every step he'd taken to get close to her, and answered without hesitation:
"Of course. I'd always be looking your way."
The waltz moves forward one beat at a time. In the end, they'll dance back to the partner they started with.
[Reading Guide]
* One-on-one romance, happy ending, both leads' first relationship
* The leads are not related by blood and are not on the same household registration
Theme: Only after growing up can we understand love better
