I Won't Let You Be Destined to Be Alone

[The complete manuscript is already finished, so feel free to add it to your reading list.]

“If I look back on this life,

I had you by my side.

We won't be strangers,

we'll only be lovers.

Then this life won't have been in vain.”

from “Don't Make Me Destined to Be Alone”

When they first met, Chi Yan treated Xu Yun to a free comedy.

As a result, Xu Yun cried like an idiot.

“Ah, I wanted to take you to a movie and cheer you up. I didn't expect it to make you cry.” Chi Yan stood beside Xu Yun and laughed at himself.

“It's not your fault. I'm just in a bad mood.” Xu Yun felt utterly embarrassed, having cried like a mess in front of a handsome stranger.

“How about I treat you to something to eat? You're making it look like I bullied you.” Chi Yan's eyes curved into lovely crescents when he smiled.

Xu Yun thought Chi Yan was really nice to people.

Then an upperclasswoman warned Xu Yun, “He's nice to everyone, but he won't date any of them.”

So Xu Yun changed tack: Chi Yan had only taken her to a movie, given her a bandage, sung her a song, and lent her his English notes, hadn't he?

He was probably just used to being nice to people, not looking to fall in love.

Later, Chi Yan took a knife meant for Xu Yun, and Xu Yun finally understood his feelings.

But by then, it was already too late.

Many years later, Xu Yun met someone.

He said he was Chi Yan.

But he didn't look like Chi Yan, and Xu Yun had never seen him before.

He said, “No matter who I am, you're the only one I love. So I'll definitely come back to you.”

[Seemingly scheming but truly devoted gong x seemingly composed but truly socially anxious shou]

Theme: It was fate all along.