Awakening from a Dream

Qiao Yan & Jiang Yi'an

This novel will be complete on September 28, and will then go behind a paywall~ There'll be a red packet in the comments on the final chapter during National Day!

Eight-year age gap & reunion after a long separation

Shameless, spoiled young master & world-weary, gloomy reporter

When Jiang Yi'an was eleven, she was adopted by the He family and met her good friend Qiao An. Due to family circumstances, she spent one summer living with the Qiaos. It was Qiao An's older brother, Qiao Yan, who looked after the two girls.

The He family found their lost child and Jiang Yi'an was sent back to the orphanage. They met again eight years later.

The girl was nineteen that year. The man sat at his desk, gazing at her photo with tender warmth in his eyes. His voice was low and unhurried.

His assistant clearly heard a soft sigh, almost like a wistful murmur:

"You've grown up."

He paid for her education and rescued her from a desperate situation. Jiang Yi'an might never forget him standing beneath the lights and saying, "Your big brother is here from now on. I won't let anyone bully you again."

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Bonus scene

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Nineteen-year-old Qiao Yan: "Jiang Yi'an, do you know pigs only live for twenty years?"

Eleven-year-old Jiang Yi'an: "Oh, then you only have a few months left, big brother..."

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Mrs. Qiao had no idea that her son and Jiang Yi'an, who was practically like a daughter to her, had already started something in secret. At the dinner table, she urged the young woman to start dating soon. Jiang Yi'an could only nod and agree. When she could no longer take it, she made an excuse to use the bathroom and slipped away.

Who knew that as soon as she left the bathroom, some shameless man would pin her against the wall? The rest of the family was eating just around the corner.

Qiao Yan ignored the young woman's guilty expression, pressed her close, and kissed her. In a low voice, he asked, "You should start dating soon? Who are you going to date, hmm?"

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When Qiao Qiao found out her son Qiao Yan had finally started dating after twenty-nine years of being single, she secretly arranged to meet the girl.

She stuffed ten thousand yuan into an elegant silk red envelope. It felt thick in her hands, and Jiang Yi'an's face turned pale when she took it.

"Auntie... I... I really love Qiao Yan." The young woman stammered timidly, looking utterly dejected.

Qiao Qiao was stunned for a long moment. When she finally understood, she forgot all about her refined-lady image and laughed so hard she pounded the table.

"Hahahahahahahaha, you're so adorable! Hahaha!"

She laughed until tears filled her eyes. "No, Yi'an, this is a welcome gift from me. Thank you for not minding that my son is old."

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Qiao Linchuan & Xia Ye

An extreme, rotten big bad and her childhood friend~

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They had known each other for a long time. Xia Ye thought he was willing to be with her because she had stayed by his side when he went through the accident that changed his life.

Maybe he pitied her. Maybe he relied on her. But it certainly wasn't like her feelings, a flower blooming after a long, unrequited love. After all, she had nothing to offer. Compared with those curvy, passionate girls, she didn't measure up.

After they started dating, so many things kept reminding her that his affection wasn't hers alone, and that he didn't love her all that much. So Xia Ye broke up with him, and finally understood that what happened during a low point in life had nothing to do with love.

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They met again many years later. Qiao Linchuan set aside all his pride and pursued her again. Their mutual friends, hoping to bring them together, organized a trip. The group played in the water by the sea. Qiao Linchuan was bare-chested, and she couldn't help noticing the tattoo over his ribs.

Her name had been etched there, stroke by stroke, in the most painful place to get tattooed.

XIAYE.

"Xia Ye, I love you very much."

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Reading guide:

1. A derivative work of "Dreams Awakened."

2. Childhood friends, both each other's first and only, a regretful lover's pursuit, a reunion after a long separation. There are angst-filled moments, but the sweetness is real, too.

(After breaking up with the heroine, the male lead dated a few times. To make her jealous, he chose girlfriends who looked a lot like her. He never got physical with anyone else. Read with caution if this bothers you.)

Times three, for emphasis!

3. The heroine has congenital partial hearing loss, which will not improve later. She stutters at first and doesn't like to talk, but gets better later on.

Theme: Study hard and improve every day