Heartbeat to Time
心动到计时
by Seek Rank (寻秩)
- Status
- Ongoing
- Length
- 1k Words
- Chapters
- 15
- Genre
- Romance
- Era
- Modern Era
- Updated
- 6mo ago
- Source
- JJWXC
Tags
- ThemeLove
- POVDual POV
- Age13+
- Healing
- Marriage Before Love
- Urban
- Wealthy Family
Synopsis
Leng Si and Li Xiyan are in a family marriage. Before the marriage, Leng Si and Li Xiyan signed an agreement. After one year, when the agreement expires, they will go their separate ways. During this period, they are not allowed to have feelings for each other, otherwise the agreement will be invalidated and a penalty of 10 million will be paid. Because Leng Si grew up in a suppressive educational environment from his parents, he had an extremely cold personality. He had no friends since he was a child, and there was only darkness in his life without any light. Li Xiyan has a very lively and cheerful personality. She is a little-known 18th-tier actress. Li Xiyan will share the interesting things that happened on the set with Leng Si when she goes home tomorrow, as if she treats him as a good friend. However, Leng Si is not interested in these, so he is very cold towards her, but later on, Leng Si gradually discovered that she is very different from others while getting along with her. Li Xiyan never cared about Leng Si's indifference. Every night, no matter how late she was filming, she would quietly return to their nominal home. After changing her shoes, the first thing she did was to sit next to the sofa in the living room and chatter to him about the little things on the set. Who forgot her lyrics today? Tomorrow the director will praise her for her good camera sense, and the day after tomorrow the field manager will leave her a cup of hot milk tea. Those trivial and ordinary happiness have never appeared in Leng Si's life of more than 20 years. He has lived with his parents' endless pressure and comparison since he was a child. At home, there are always only cold negotiations, strict rules, and accusations of "you are not good enough." He was used to wrapping his heart in thick ice, not expecting warmth or accepting proximity. Li Xiyan's appearance was like a reckless and stubborn light that refused to be extinguished no matter how coldly he drove her away. At first, Leng Si only thought she was noisy. Her eyes were bright when she spoke, and there was always a smile on her lips. Even if he didn't respond, didn't raise his head, or even stood up and left, she would just pout in aggrievedness and come over to him with a smile the next day, as if nothing had happened. He didn't understand how there could be such people in the world who were not afraid of the cold. Until late one night, Li Xiyan got caught in the rain while filming, and came back with a high fever. She was soaked to the skin, but she still managed to smile and wanted to tell him that she had shot a beautiful scene today. Before he finished speaking, the man fell softly to the side. Leng Si reached out to catch her almost instinctively. When his palm touched her hot temperature, the ice in his heart cracked for the first time. That night, for the first time, he did not call the housekeeper or the doctor. He changed her clothes himself and applied a hot towel to her forehead again and again. While he was standing by the bed, he saw her sleeping uneasily and her brows furrowing slightly, and he felt an unprecedented panic in his heart. He hates this loss of control. What's even more annoying is that when she woke up and said "Thank you, Leng Si" to him with a smile, his heart beat out of rhythm. From that day on, everything quietly changed. He began to no longer deliberately avoid her topics, and would quietly raise his eyes when she told interesting stories; he would silently ask the driver to prepare the car before she went out; and he would sit in the car and wait quietly for her to finish when she was filming night scenes, without even noticing it himself. During the waiting time, he was not agitated, but only felt an inexplicable sense of peace of mind. Li Xiyan is still like the little sun, pouring all the sweetness in life into his dark world bit by bit. She will remember that he doesn't like sweets, but likes slightly bitter black coffee; she will leave a light on in the living room when he comes home late from work overtime; and she will clumsily tell him jokes to amuse him when his face is gloomy because of his parents' phone calls, even if the jokes are not funny at all. Leng Si gradually discovered that Li Xiyan was different from all the women he had met. She doesn't care about his money or his status, she doesn't stay away from him because he is cold, and she doesn't try to please him because of his prominent status. She just purely regarded him as a person to talk to, a friend, a... Family member. This is something Leng Si has never gotten in his more than twenty years of life. Unconditional acceptance, purposeless tenderness, and companionship regardless of reason. He became afraid. Afraid that the one-year deadline would come, afraid that she would really turn around and leave, afraid that the light that had finally shined into his darkness would disappear completely. The signed agreement and the 10 million liquidated damages became a sword hanging over his head. He clearly wrote it clearly in the agreement - no temptation, no feelings, and we will break up when the time is up. But now, he broke his promise. For the first time, Leng Si panicked about something. He looked at Li Xiyan, who was holding a mobile phone in front of him, her shoulders shaking with laughter because of the funny clips. The sun fell on the top of her soft hair, and her faint fragrance filled the air. He suddenly reached out and gently held her head. Li Xiyan was stunned for a moment, then looked up at him: "What's wrong?" Leng Si's eyes were deep, and her dark eyes were filled with emotions that she couldn't understand. It was the first hot seriousness revealed after the ice melted. He didn't speak. I just feel very clearly in my heart—— There was no way he would let her go in this life. Even if the agreement is invalidated, even if he loses 10 million, even if he loses everything he owns, he will keep this light that belongs to him by his side forever. Concept: Destiny is ice