Deeply Cherished

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In her first year of high school, Xia Mu stayed at the home of Young Master Lu.

She always kept her distance from that proud, arrogant, popular senior.

Her only irreverence was silently muttering that it was a shame someone with such a handsome figure wasn't modeling nude for art students.

Years later, they unexpectedly met again. Young Master Lu had become a hot new tech tycoon in Yiping.

His youthful recklessness had faded, but his privileged air and cold indifference were even more devastating.

Unable to explain why she'd left without a word back then, Xia Mu pretended not to know him and deliberately avoided him. Lu Jingyu, meanwhile, seemed not to remember the little girl who used to take a detour whenever she saw him at school.

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One steamy, chaotic night.

The next morning, Xia Mu grabbed her small suitcase and ran. Blocking him again came easily.

After a while, when everything seemed calm, she thought Young Master Lu had tacitly chosen not to mention what happened. But just as she let her guard down, he cornered her in private.

"Can we talk?"

Xia Mu was falling apart inside, but forced herself to look calm.

"I'm sorry, it really was my fault. I'll make it up to you, and I promise I won't show up in front of you again. Would that be all right, Mr. Lu?"

"Mr. Lu."

The man repeated the way she'd addressed him, unhurriedly. He lowered his head and slowly moved closer. His fringe partly covered his thin eyelids, and his eyes were as deep as an endless tide that could pull you under.

"But I seem to remember..."

"that what you called me that night was..."

"Big Brother Jingyu."

#Ever since we were young, you have been my one and only joy

Heroine: Too shy to have impure thoughts when sober, but when drunk, she has the nerve to act on them.

Hero: Privileged and aloof on the surface, but extremely possessive underneath.

*Reunion after a long separation, the hero has a secret crush, and the heroine is in love without realizing it.

*One-on-one, both are each other's first, both are virgins, the hero is two years older, and there are no romantic descriptions before they reach adulthood.

Theme: Companionship is the longest confession of love.