It was a strangely rainy season.
On the most miserable and vulnerable day of Wen Liyu's life, Qin Yaochuan found her late at night. He crouched in front of her and draped his school uniform jacket over her shoulders.
The boy's upper body was soaked by the rain, but he didn't seem to mind. He had a cool, nonchalant air about him.
"It's just a few hard math problems you can't solve."
"Don't cry. I'll teach you until you get them."
Wen Liyu knew of Qin Yaochuan. He was a handsome, free-spirited golden boy, while she was just a junior at school whose name he didn't know.
She spent all the courage of her youth on the three boldest things she ever did.
First, she secretly fell in love with someone.
Second, she followed him around as his little shadow for three months.
Third, she sent him a love letter that disappeared without a trace.
Her unremarkable secret crush faded into silence as their youth came to an end.
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They met again years later.
During a violent riot overseas, a powerful man pulled Wen Liyu behind him to shield her.
His stern figure was sharp as a blade, and his voice was deep.
"Don't be afraid. Your country will bring you home."
Later on,
at the border, Wen Liyu finished treating the last of the wounded.
Everyone saw their boss, who had spent years turning down every woman who came his way, standing in front of her with a bruised, roguish face, like a big dog caught in the rain.
He shamelessly teased the young doctor.
"Dr. Wen, when will you have time to take me home?"
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Reunion after years apart / Secret crush comes true / From school days to city life
International aid worker x doctor
Back then, Wen Liyu had used watching the sunrise as an excuse to secretly take a side-profile photo of the boy.
Twelve years later, Qin Yaochuan carefully placed a photo of her at seventeen inside the pocket watch he carried with him.
Before every mission, he would take it out, close his eyes, and press it to his heart in prayer.
Through all those days and nights when her secret crush never saw the light of day, Wen Liyu never once imagined, with a pang of longing, that Qin Yaochuan would kneel before her and place an engagement ring on her finger with his own hands.
"I'm not omnipotent either."
"When it comes to loving you, I came too late."
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Theme: A love never forgotten will echo back.
