Everyone praises Zhou Yi for being devoted and faithful. He hasn’t dated anyone in the seven years since he broke up with his first love. He’s only found a stand-in who looks seventy percent like her, so he can gaze at her every day and think of the woman he lost.
So when Jiang Congying returns to the country, everyone thinks she’ll be moved to tears by this and get back together with Zhou Yi.
Even Zhou Yi himself thinks so.
At their one-sidedly anticipated reconciliation party, Jiang Congying learns that she has a stand-in. She falls silent for two seconds, then gently curves her eyes into a smile. “I forgot to tell you. The person I’ve truly liked all along is actually your best friend.”
Zhou Yi: “...?”
Jiang Congying: “I didn’t have the courage to confess to him back then, so I agreed to be with you just to get closer to him. But now I understand.”
Zhou Yi’s expression goes blank. “U-understand what?”
“Better to lose than to miss your chance.”
Jiang Congying looks past him at the aloof man who seems completely out of place. “Even if it doesn’t work out, I still have to come back and tell him how I feel to his face.”
Under Zhou Yi’s disbelieving gaze, she walks over and looks up at this former-boyfriend’s friend, whose name she can’t even quite remember. Sincere and earnest, she asks, “I’ve liked you for a long time. Could you give me a chance?”
A deathly silence falls.
As the price for treating her like dirt, Zhou Yi is destined to lose every last shred of face in this farce.
As for her, if she leaves right after being rejected, she should still have time to stop by that dessert shop she just passed and pick up some fresh
“Sure.” The man’s expression is blank, his tone cool.
Jiang Congying’s smile freezes. “What...?”
He looks down at her, like a beast that has been lying in wait for ages and has finally found the prey it wants. Without making a sound, he captures her image and brands it into his dark, deep eyes. “Weren’t you confessing to me? I accept.”
Theme: Always believe in the romance of following what you love
