A Flutter of the Heart

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1

A stormy day during a typhoon.

Lin Qiaoqiao takes shelter from the rain beneath a bus stop. While waiting for her bus, she suddenly hears a familiar voice.

She follows the sound and sees a boy standing lazily on the steps outside an internet cafe.

A cigarette hangs from his lips, its cool smoke swirling in a haze.

He listens quietly as others talk, occasionally tossing in a casual remark.

The rain pours down, fierce and relentless.

The boy seems to glance in her direction, then casually tosses away his cigarette and walks toward her with an umbrella in hand.

The bus arrives, and she is about to dash into the rain with her schoolbag over her head.

Shi Wenye grabs her wrist and shoves the umbrella into her hand. "Take it."

Lin Qiaoqiao is momentarily dazed. Suddenly, she remembers what a classmate once said: "Like anyone but Shi Wenye. He's rotten when it comes to relationships: trash, a scumbag."

That evening, she has no idea that the boy has been pretending to chat with others, when in fact he has been waiting for her outside for a long time.

2

Many years later.

Lin Qiaoqiao looks at the man pinning her in a corner and says calmly, "Shi Wenye, don't go crazy over me. Go find someone else."

Since their reunion, this is the first time the man has shown such aggression toward her.

The almost unbearable pressure leaves her nowhere to run.

After a moment of silence,

Shi Wenye says, "I don't want anyone else."

As if he can see right through her, he stares deeply into her eyes with his dark gaze and tells her, "I only want you."

Unrequited love / school and city life / sweet romance

The favored son of heaven falls for you

Theme: The beauty of healing each other.