Strangers on the Road, Together in the End [Rekindled Love]

Devoted, love-brained rich young master x calm, rational but softhearted planner

Second chance romance / sickly male lead / emotional and physical angst for the male lead / chasing his wife / angst before sweetness / first love, both inexperienced / happy ending

(1)

On graduation day, Lin Shumo ended her four-year campus romance with Lu Jinyao, the envy of everyone around them, with a single breakup text.

After she broke up with him, Lu Jinyao searched for her for two years.

Two and a half years later.

They ran into each other on the street. He clutched her wrist tightly. "Just agree to get back together, and I'll leave right away."

Lin Shumo's expression turned even colder. Without the slightest hesitation, she said, "Then keep standing here in the wind."

(2)

If someone asked:

What's the craziest thing you've done to win your wife back?

Lu Jinyao would definitely say:

Knowing full well that my stomach condition was serious, I swallowed a whole cup of ice she handed me in the middle of winter. Then she made me throw it all up. I ended up in the hospital, humbly begging her to come see me.

(3)

For the first twenty-five years of her life, Lin Shumo firmly believed that you should never go back to an old flame, and that getting back together after a breakup was a joke.

But when Lu Jinyao stopped following her around like a shadow, she finally realized:

How come this old flame...

seems kind of tempting?

tips:

1. There are no scumbags or love rivals, and no women fighting each other. The breakup isn't caused by a misunderstanding or some melodramatic plot twist.

2. The male lead is ill, both physically and mentally, and seriously ill at that. He also acts crazy and pathetic early on, so don't read if that's not your thing. He has stomach problems early in the story, followed by stomach trauma, anemia, heart problems, PTSD, depression, and self-harm in the middle. There are plenty of scenes depicting his frail health, and it's very melodramatic. This is a very niche preference, so definitely avoid it if it's not for you.

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