A Southern California Story

[Synopsis] The day she took the fourth part of her driving test, her brother said he had a friend near the test center and would pick her up on the way. When the friend arrived, he heard that Ji Jianan had just gotten her brand-new driver's license and generously handed her his car keys, telling her to practice with his car. That evening, news of a Maybach causing the first major crash in Jingcheng went viral across the city. Their whole circle nearly died laughing. He'd only had the car for three days, and he was generous enough to lend it to a new driver. Ji Jianan stayed home for several days, until one late night when she got a call from her brother. But the familiar male voice on the other end wasn't her brother's. Half-drunk and barely awake, he tried to comfort her in an unsteady voice: "Don't be upset. It's just a crash. Your brother has plenty of cars. I heard you're going abroad to study? Come out and let me see you off." Ji Jianan went. For the six years she spent in America afterward, she missed that night. The day they met again, he no longer recognized her. The company she worked for had been acquired by him. When the meeting ended, he offered her a ride since he was going that way. Ji Jianan said she wanted to drive his car. He shook his head with a smile and said that she could borrow anything else, but not his car. When she asked why, he said he'd once scared a young woman so badly that she hadn't touched a car since, so now he didn't lend his car out lightly. Ji Jianan stared at him. "Are you afraid something will happen again?" "Something like that. I just want to find a chance to teach her how to drive. I won't lend it to anyone else." "Maybe she's not afraid anymore." "I heard she's still afraid." "Then where is she?" "We lost touch. The young woman went far away and never came back to the country." #He doesn't recognize me, but he's been thinking about me for six years# : Sweet romance : The story begins six years later, with a happy ending : The other extra chapters are on Weibo: Changnian Dongmian de fn : Synopsis posted on 22.1.14. Screenshot taken. Please don't borrow the idea. : My completed works are in my collection: "Never Tire of Hearing," "Craving," and "Within Sight" "The Person Before Me, the One in My Heart" Synopsis 1. Most unrequited love goes nowhere. Even less likely to work out is a popular actress secretly loving a powerful entertainment industry mogul. Jin Wei never imagined that when a business dispute with her agency was about to put her commercial work on indefinite hold, the mogul would make a move, tell her he liked her, and say she should ask him if she needed help with anything. 2. After they got together, Jin Wei never expected anything from him except help with her career. She knew exactly why he was with her: because a young actress was beautiful. They were simply getting what they wanted from each other. In public, Jin Wei sparkled like a star, and even when they were face-to-face, they pretended not to know each other. At home, he held her close and showered her with affection, and she was just as tender with him. Jin Wei thought they would go on like that forever. Until one day, an entertainment reporter exposed a video showing that Jin Wei, a hugely popular actress, had spent three days at the home of an entertainment industry mogul. The public outcry exploded. Jin Wei's pure, ethereal image came crashing down, and negative stories spread like an avalanche. Jin Wei hurriedly called him. Afraid he'd think she'd leaked the story for publicity, she first explained that she hadn't put the news out, then asked him to clarify that they had nothing to do with each other. The man went home. When they met, he looked at her with a deeply unreadable gaze. "Why explain this to me? Why not let me clarify that you're my girlfriend? Have you always thought that what we have is something to hide? So this whole time, was your love just an act?" : My girlfriend thought she was my lover, and kept treating me like one. : She thought her unrequited love would come to nothing. Turns out he was obsessed with her. : Mutual pining. : Wealthy entertainment industry mogul X ethereal, lively, and hugely popular actress Theme: May everyone who waits for love be met with love in return.