On her birthday, Zhou Ruohan broke up with her girlfriend of eight years, Yuan Zhiyi.
In a hoarse voice, Zhou Ruohan voiced the thorn that had been lodged in her heart for years. "You fell in love with the way I love you, didn't you?"
Yuan Zhiyi was speechless for a long moment before emotion twisted her words. "Can you even tell whether you want to become me or whether you love me?"
Silence lingered in the boundless night.
For years, Zhou Ruohan had followed Yuan Zhiyi's advice, following her from consulting to the strategic planning department on the client side.
Early the next morning, Zhou Ruohan submitted her resignation. Yuan Zhiyi was the one handling its approval.
And yet that evening, they ended up in bed together again.
"When you broke up with me at that moment yesterday, was it because I didn't do a good enough job?" Yuan Zhiyi rekindled the fire more boldly than ever, but didn't give Zhou Ruohan a chance to speak.
2
After joining her new company, Zhou Ruohan was sent to poach a business partner. To her surprise, she found Yuan Zhiyi there. They were now on opposing sides.
Her colleagues had never seen Zhou Ruohan fight so hard for a deal. They silently marveled that eight years as a couple hadn't made them go easy on each other. Every move was ruthless.
But they weren't even on the same page. Zhou Ruohan was seriously waging a business war, while Yuan Zhiyi was seriously trying to win her back.
The situation grew chaotic. Early one morning, Zhou Ruohan fled from Yuan Zhiyi, exhausted after a long night, and couldn't help cursing inwardly: Damn Yuan Zhiyi!
3
A relentless tug-of-war between self-persuasion and winning her back continues.
One day, someone on a forum claiming to have come from 35 years in the future messaged Zhou Ruohan and told her to break up.
Zhou Ruohan and Yuan Zhiyi: ?
Fragile tyrant older top x well-behaved witch younger bottom. Reconciliation after a breakup, a tug-of-war over love, one-on-one, happy ending.
Theme: If time didn't flow only from the past to the future, what would become of our ending?
