When Li Man met Teng Weizhi, it was like a vine finally finding a branch to climb.
But Teng Weizhi said, "Vines entwine by nature. Choosing you was my decision."
At twenty-nine, Li Man saw Teng Weizhi again in a meeting room in Yecheng.
With a professional smile, the other woman politely introduced herself: "Hello, Ms. Li. I'm Teng Weizhi, a product operations manager at Tiansheng."
Polite, considerate, impossible to fault.
As if they had never been in love in Shencheng, and had never gone their separate ways over all those trivial disagreements.
Teng Weizhi thought she had learned her lesson long ago.
Until a twist of fate landed them in the same rundown apartment in Haiyang District, with no elevator and drafty windows.
Li Man still remembered that Teng Weizhi was allergic to peanuts and hated the cold. She still left a small light on for her in the living room at night. And Teng Weizhi still waited to hear Li Man's footsteps stop outside the door after a late night at work before closing her eyes.
With only a door between them, they pretended their habits were mere coincidence and passed off their concern as politeness.
They both said they were only sharing a place, and both waited for the other to speak first.
At last, after a long standoff, one of them finally relented: "I kept blaming you for never asking me, but I was waiting for you the whole time, too."
Reader's Guide
1. A stubborn, soft-hearted development engineer x a clear-headed, headstrong product operations manager;
2. One-on-one romance | Two female leads | Realistic fiction | Exes reunite after a breakup;
3. No writing advice, please (the full story is already written). Reply "1" to report a typo, and it will be fixed;
4. Set against the backdrop of northerners making a life in Yecheng. Don't read yourself into it, or you'll suffer.
Theme: Love isn't about making choices for someone else. It's about giving each other the courage to embrace those choices.
