Her Ten Years

Coming next: Her Thousand-Layer Scheme

Shao Baiwei fell for a girl when she was eighteen and threw herself into trying to win her over.

Fu Qianning said she didn't like bad students, so Shao Baiwei worked hard and went from the bottom of the class to the top ten in her grade.

She gathered her courage and confessed again, only to learn that Fu Qianning was already dating someone else. She cried until she could barely speak and wanted to ask why, but Fu Qianning wouldn't even see her.

Her youthful crush came to nothing. Shao Baiwei left in sorrow, and they lost touch.

At twenty-eight, they met again in a conference room.

For an instant, it was as if time had turned back ten years.

The elegant, composed woman before her slowly merged with the bright, innocent face in her memories.

A thousand waves surged in her heart. At last, she understood what it meant to be captivated at first sight for a lifetime, but all she could manage was a stiff, polite, "Long time no see."

Over the next ten years, Shao Baiwei met many people, but not one of them stirred her heart. Her sealed, broken heart seemed to have stopped on that rainy summer night.

Later, she was no longer the one begging for love.

Fu Qianning took her hand, her voice trembling and her eyes reddening. "Don't leave me again..."

Bonus scene

While drinking with friends, one of them took advantage of the moment and asked Fu Qianning why she still wasn't dating. Was there someone she liked?

A trace of sadness surfaced in her eyes, and she gave an indistinct reply.

"Ah, I know," another friend quickly said. "Qianning is the rational type. When she makes up her mind, she thinks far into the future."

Fu Qianning only smiled sadly. The face in her memories had been frozen in time for ten years.

"But I regret it..."

Her friends teased her for never getting drunk at dinner parties. Was it because no one was there to take her home?

Her voice was distant. "Maybe..."

Only Fu Qianning knew she was afraid of getting drunk, afraid of loneliness, afraid of being alone, and most of all, afraid of remembering her.

[The romance is fake. There is no ex.]

Coming next: Her Thousand-Layer Scheme

Blurb:

Wen Yuqing had been single her entire life. The most shocking thing she ever saw happened one weekend:

Her idiot younger brother, who cared about nothing but video games, had actually brought home a girlfriend who looked like a goddess.

"Sis, this is my girlfriend, Jiang Yao."

Wen Yuqing stared at the face that had appeared in her old dreams countless times, and the spicy snack slipped from her hand.

She grabbed Jiang Yao's hand, struggling to contain the emotions surging inside her. "He's dark, skinny, and stupid. What do you even see in him!?"

Jiang Yao gently squeezed her hand in return, her fingertips brushing lightly against Wen Yuqing's palm.

Her voice was lazy, tinged with amusement. "You tell me."

[New help thread on the forum]: [Help! My younger brother's new girlfriend is the senior I had a crush on in high school. What should I do?! Urgent, waiting for replies!]

[Reply]: Obviously, steal her away~~ If you make the first move, you'll have a story together!

[Thread starter]: Stop it. I gave up on straight girls ages ago.

[Update]: Help, my younger brother's new girlfriend keeps asking me out when he's not around, and she's giving me presents...

[Reply]: She is definitely into you!

[Thread starter]: Stop being delusional.

That night, Wen Yuqing ran into Jiang Yao at a lesbian bar, surrounded by a group of women asking for her number.

"Player!" She charged forward in a fury and dragged Jiang Yao into an empty private room. "Are you trying to trick my brother into a sham marriage? What are you after!?"

Jiang Yao turned the tables and gently pinned her against the door. Her warm breath drew near, and a fingertip lifted Wen Yuqing's chin.

In the dark, her voice was utterly bewitching. "What am I after...?"

"I have to trick him so I can have a legitimate excuse to keep seeing someone..."

"The little fool who could only sneak glances at me in the library back then, and didn't even dare say hello."

Wen Yuqing froze, her mind going completely blank.

"So, now I'll answer your question."

Jiang Yao's lips nearly brushed her ear:

"The one I want..."

"Has always been his older sister."

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