Meeting You Twenty Years Ago

1 He Zhuoting transmigrates to twenty years in the past, when her parents are in the middle of breaking up. She also meets Zhao Youxian, the man she will fall for twenty years later. He is only nineteen at the time. She decides to have her way with him and make him suffer, paying him back for what he will do to her twenty years in the future. One day, Zhao Youxian can't find his first love. All she leaves behind is a note with three words: "Wait for me." Then she disappears without a trace. Zhao Youxian never expected that when she said "wait for me," she meant he should wait twenty years... He searches for her for twenty years. Her name was fake, and so was her age. How is he supposed to find her? After much effort, he tracks down her daughter and sweet-talks the delicate, innocent girl into moving in with him. He wants to see what sort of entrance her mother will make when she appears before him. But things veer off course. In public, he remains icy and restrained, repeatedly rejecting her daughter. Yet alone, late at night, the person who inexplicably fills his thoughts is her daughter. A mere curl of her finger sets him on edge, and when she gets close and teases him, he can't help but give in. "What kind of guy were you twenty years ago, Uncle?" "If I were in your grade, you'd definitely bully me. I wouldn't be able to say no to you at all." "What about now?" "You little brat, get your hand off me!" * After transmigrating back, she discovers that the once awkward, shy Zhao Youxian has become shrewd and pragmatic. One moment he's holding her tenderly, and the next he's arranged to get engaged to the daughter of a powerful family. Fine, then! She'll make herself powerful enough to make him regret it for the rest of his life. He Zhuoting deliberately approaches the eldest son of the Xie family, the brother of Zhao Youxian's fiancee. He's arrogant and domineering, and she's suffered plenty at his hands. She thought she could get something out of him, but not only does she get nothing in return, she ends up trapped in a quagmire and used as a pawn, sent to the bed of someone in power. Now there's no going back. [Reading Guide] 1. The male and female leads travel through time three times. Their age gap changes depending on the timeline. 2. The heroine is neither a strong female lead nor the center of the story. 3. Several male leads appear along the way, but the ending is one-on-one. The male lead has no prior sexual experience. Expect a painful push and pull over a mistaken identity involving his first love, as well as plenty of scenes where he makes mistakes and regrets them. 4. The story features fictional modern and future settings, as well as fictional political systems. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Please don't read anything into it. Theme: What is love, anyway?