Eating Candy [Rekindled Love]

(Sort of) A playboy turns over a new leaf / Unrequited love comes true / Second chance romance, bittersweet and sweet

Sensitive, introverted girl X romantic madman

1. Zhou Chenwei is widely recognized as the campus heartthrob at S University. He's from a wealthy family, carefree and unruly, and countless girls look up to him.

Seventeen-year-old Li Mo is one of them.

But Zhou Chenwei is as free as the wind, while she is sensitive and introverted. They are two completely different people.

Like parallel lines that will never intersect, they might have had no connection at all in this life.

But back then, she could never have imagined that one day she would be entangled with him beyond hope, spending night after night locked in a passionate embrace.

When Zhou Chenwei occasionally bullies her a little too much, Li Mo curses him furiously. The boy only smiles and kisses her snow-white neck, his voice roguish and wicked.

"This scoundrel of mine will end up dying on top of you sooner or later."

2. Everyone around them says that a playboy like Zhou Chenwei will always be untamed and free. He'll never change his ways for anyone, and no one can bind him in the name of love.

Li Mo thinks so too.

Perhaps their passionate affair was just an insignificant speck of dust in each other's lives. When they broke up, their connection ended.

Then, years later, they meet again. Beihe is hit by its heaviest blizzard in nearly a century, and the two of them are stranded in the same hotel room.

Standing behind her, Zhou Chenwei wraps her in his arms and murmurs her name close to her ear. "Li Mo."

"Hm?"

"You might not know this," Zhou Chenwei says, staring intently at her, his hot breath brushing her ear. "The four years and three hundred and four days since we broke up have tortured me with longing for you until I nearly went insane."

3. Zhou Chenwei had long since forgotten that he once rescued a little girl in a dark alley and gave her a piece of candy.

Li Mo relied on that candy to get through the long, bitter years of adolescence, and eventually got into the university he attended.

He was the only god she worshipped as a girl, and the only craving she could never overcome.

It wasn't until much later that Zhou Chenwei remembered what happened in that dark alley.

By then, a keepsake belonging to a Golden Age Hollywood actress was being auctioned at Sotheby's. Zhou Chenwei spent his entire fortune to buy his fiancée a one-of-a-kind piece of rock candy shaped like a square.

The first candy I gave you: may you glimpse a ray of light through the darkness of your life. The second: may the rest of your life be peaceful, prosperous, and free of worry.

"The world is collapsing, and we're kissing."

Reader's Guide:

1. 1v1, both leads are virgins; the hero is a virgin, and the heroine is his first kiss.

2. This is not a story where the heroine remains romantically uninvolved after a breakup. She has a boyfriend by agreement after their breakup; the hero remains completely uninvolved.

3. They save each other, but the hero saves the heroine more deeply, and he loves her more.

4. Professional details are based entirely on online research. Please point out any errors.

Next story, At the Place of Silence:

Poverty-stricken, resilient college girl X rich young master who is happy to be her dog

Secret crush / Steals her from another man / Deliberate approach / Size difference

1.

At Beihe University, almost everyone knows the name Xie Minghe.

He's the heir to one of the most powerful families in the capital, lives in the city's grandest mansion, and gets around in Rolls-Royces with matching license plates. He's 1.92 meters tall, arrogant and uninhibited, and the lead singer of a rock band.

Rumor has it that Xie Minghe will enter the entertainment industry after graduation. With his looks and charisma, who knows how many girls' hearts he'll break?

No one knows that even a favored son of heaven like Xie Minghe can quietly fall for someone else's girlfriend.

Whenever he catches a glimpse of Su Yi interacting with her boyfriend, jealousy burns inside him.

That fire in his heart will eventually consume the last trace of his reason.

2.

On their hundredth day together, Su Yi's boyfriend stands her up all night.

His excuse is that he went to a family banquet, got drunk, and didn't have time to reply to her messages.

He's Su Yi's first love, and he's gentle and considerate. She doesn't take the little incident to heart.

But a few days later, someone invites her to a cafe and tells her the whole truth.

With one hand braced against the wall, he traps her against it and smiles, his voice low and coaxing. "Do you want to make him suffer? Dump him and be with me."

3.

Years later, Xie Minghe has become a hugely popular star, while Su Yi has returned from studying overseas and taken a job at a foreign investment bank.

Their lives have taken completely different paths, and it seems impossible that they could cross again.

But at a friend's birthday party, Su Yi unexpectedly runs into Xie Minghe, who is also attending.

During the party, their friend mentions that they graduated from the same university and asks if they knew each other before.

Su Yi smiles faintly and gives a perfectly smooth answer. "Mr. Xie and I don't know each other. Whatever friendship we had as classmates when we were young has long since faded away. There's no need to bring it up."

At that, Xie Minghe's expression doesn't change, but the corner of his mouth curves ever so slightly.

Don't know each other?

Then who was that woman who nearly broke her back swaying in front of him back then?

[Even when I love you, I only dare to do it in silence.]

Theme: Secret love; salvation; lofty ideals