Jiang Yunhe was beautiful and academically gifted, and had been popular ever since she was little. So when she posted a couple photo with Xu Lie to her social media, officially announcing their relationship, everyone offered congratulations, but all shared the same question: How had Xu Lie managed to win Jiang Yunhe over?
But Jiang Yunhe's expectations for love were simple: someone steady, gentle, good-tempered, able to cook, and devoted only to her. Xu Lie could give her all of that, so she chose this handsome, if somewhat wooden, classmate of hers.
Then, in their second year at work, Jiang Yunhe was laid off, while Xu Lie became a junior team leader. The man who had once put her first in everything and indulged her unconditionally said to her, "What gives you the right to have such a temper?"
But Jiang Yunhe was simply overwhelmed by the sudden stress of losing her job.
She chose to break up without hesitation and moved out of the little home she had so carefully decorated.
Five years later, she looked over the application of a job candidate. The name field read Xu Lie. In the photo was someone she had once known so well. He looked confident and accomplished, with a resume so impressive she couldn't turn him down.
She had thought that after so many years apart, Xu Lie would no longer have any feelings for her. But after drinks at a coworkers' dinner, the much more mature man held her in his arms without asking and kept repeating, "I miss you so much."
Jiang Yunhe shoved him away at once.
Zhao Shuyu had grown up with Jiang Yunhe. They got into the same university, and in their first year, he invited his closest roommate, Xu Lie, to go out for a meal with Jiang Yunhe.
He thought the three of them would become the best of friends, until Xu Lie secretly came to him and asked for help planning a grand confession.
So Zhao Shuyu became a witness to their love, and then the most awkward person caught between them after they broke up. Five years later, he received a message from Xu Lie, who had been out of touch for a long time. It said exactly what it had ten years ago: "Bro, I want to pursue Jiang Yunhe."
He thought that if this was what Jiang Yunhe wanted, he would gladly help them be together.
But Jiang Yunhe didn't want that.
As Xu Lie confronted Zhao Shuyu in anguish, Zhao felt not the slightest bit guilty.
"I've known how wonderful she is for more than ten years longer than you have."
Reader's Guide:
1. Xu Lie is the male lead, and Zhao Shuyu is the second male lead. Xu Lie gets more of the story, but his attempt to win her back fails, and the second male lead takes his place.
2. The heroine has had other partners, while the male lead has not. She isn't a nun, and she has started new relationships since the breakup.
Theme: Never go back to an old flame
