Moonlight and a Lonely Island [Rekindled Romance]

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Cool, resilient top student x Devoted golden boy | He pursues her | Second chance romance | Reunion after years apart

Junior employee at a trading company x Tycoon CEO of a tech company

At midnight on January 1, 2026, on the 32nd floor of the Jiangzhou Group headquarters, by the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Watching the fireworks bloom outside, Jiang Yu loosened his tie wearily and casually checked his phone.

Amid a flood of New Year's greetings, a message from a special contact suddenly popped up.

He opened the class group chat for Class 1, Grade 12.

Cheng Jiayue: Happy New Year.

The message was quickly buried under a flood of other messages. Thinking he might have misread it, he scrolled back to that screen again and again.

Once he confirmed it was her, his heart pounded even louder than the fireworks outside.

After who knew how long lost in thought, he called his secretary. "Arrange a class reunion for me. The group will cover the costs, and make sure everyone attends."

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In high school, Cheng Jiayue was famous for being an untouchable beauty.

Quiet, aloof, and always buried in a sea of textbooks.

Only she knew that her "coldness" was just a protective shell that kept her apart from everyone else.

Among her well-off classmates, her grades were the only thing she could take pride in.

She also had no idea that she had already become the prize in a private bet among the boys: "Whoever can win her over will be the undisputed boss."

On the night of their graduation party, the one who had made the bet, Jiang Yu, the pampered young master who was the center of everyone's attention, walked straight up to her with a glass of wine amid the crowd's teasing.

He looked at her with arrogant certainty, as if victory were already his. Then, to everyone's shock, he lowered his head and kissed her.

Cheng Jiayue's mind went blank. She raised her hand and slapped him hard across the face, then turned and walked away without looking back.

She changed all her contact information and vanished like a drop of water evaporating in midsummer, never to be heard from again.

After returning to the country, Cheng Jiayue was strongly urged to attend a class reunion. She signed in, then found a secluded elevator and quietly left.

She didn't want to make things difficult for the staff, and she didn't want to see anyone else.

Just as the elevator doors were about to close, a long-fingered hand suddenly shot in, forcing the sensor doors to reopen.

Jiang Yu stood outside, having just rushed over.

Time seemed to stand still.

His breathing was uneven, and his voice hoarse. "Cheng Jiayue, you have a heart of stone."

Bonus scene:

At dawn, Cheng Jiayue stood with her back to him, buttoning her shirt.

The third button kept slipping undone.

A pair of hands reached around her from behind, stretching past her shoulder.

"I don't need your help. I can do it myself." Her body stiffened slightly.

"You don't need my help? Then I'll just undo it for you."

His fingertips paused on the button, his breath brushing the nape of her neck.

Her breath caught.

Reader's guide:

1. 1v1, both are each other's first love, and both are virgins.

2. The emotional flavor goes from angst to bitterness to sweetness.

3. The characters aren't perfect, and there are many author-created details. The leads only get together after graduating and reaching adulthood.

4. From school to the city, with the heroine having her own career arc.

Preorder the next contemporary romance, Snow Clears After the First Winter Sun: childhood sweethearts, second chance romance. Fallen heiress x Devoted, wolfish hero

After her family fell on hard times, heiress Shu Yingxue put away her pride, withdrew from society, and started working part-time as a pianist.

At a five-star hotel's grand lobby, Shu Yingxue had barely played a note when the crowd started jeering and giving her a hard time.

Her face burning with embarrassment, she was on the verge of leaving when a quiet "Keep playing" floated down from a private booth on the second floor, silencing the entire room.

She looked up to thank the speaker and met a pair of familiar eyes.

It was her ex, Pei Ji, whom she hadn't seen in years.

He casually swirled his wineglass, a cold smile at the corners of his mouth. "Keep playing. You can't stop unless I say so."

That day, as she rubbed her aching wrists, she thought, He really does hate me.

The once-arrogant young master had taken control of the family group and was now a powerful figure in the capital, capable of turning the city upside down and deciding who lived or died.

He was nothing like the man he'd been when they broke up, the one who crushed his pride and begged her pathetically, "Don't go."

Knowing how far apart their status was and how much bitterness remained between them, she deliberately tried to keep her distance. But for the sake of her company, she had no choice but to stand before him again and humbly explain why she had come.

After listening for a long time, he leaned back in his chair and looked up at her with a faint smile. "Miss Shu, what gives you the right to ask me for help?"

"...If you won't help, then forget it." She turned her face away, her voice bitter, and started to leave.

He suddenly gripped her wrist, then pulled her into his warm embrace.

"After all that, you haven't said a single thing I want to hear."

"Then what do you want to hear?"

He looked down at her, his voice low and hoarse, his eyes burning with desire.

"Say you regret it."

"Say you still love me."

Theme: Love means learning to cherish what you have.