Clear Skies at Daybreak

[Revisions may be made from time to time. Anti-piracy measures are enabled for 90% of the text. Writing is hard, so please support the official version.] Years later, they met again in high society. Meng Qingfan recognized the man at the center of everyone's attention at a glance. He wore a perfectly tailored suit, his bearing distinguished, and his warm smile and refined watch exuded gentlemanly elegance. When her mentor introduced them, he merely extended half a hand for her to shake. Everyone was taken in by the impeccable image he had cultivated. No one knew that in the cramped elevator, he gripped her waist and leaned close until she had nowhere left to retreat. "Add me back on WeChat, or I'll tell everyone you were the one who dumped me." - Back at Chong University, everyone knew about the relationship between Fu Yizhen and her They all said that the young master Fu came from a privileged family and was arrogant and reckless, yet he spared no effort when it came to her. That night, she wandered into a drinking party, and a lewd man grabbed her wrist without a word. When the man failed to get what he wanted, Fu Yizhen pulled her into his arms to protect her. "She's mine." The terrace was dark. Meng Qingfan couldn't calm her racing heart, but then the young man asked in a husky voice, "Why didn't you deny it when I said you were my girlfriend?" "I..." Fu Yizhen chuckled, his voice low and muffled. "Want to be with me?" - Young love is fierce and impulsive. Meng Qingfan loved him, but hurt him more than anyone. When she left the country without looking back, she never considered the consequences. She only wanted to cut ties with him for good. But from the moment she met Fu Yizhen, she knew the bond between them was impossible to break. *Male lead's perspective Fu Yizhen had enjoyed an easy life for over twenty years. He was always the one who got the better of other people. Then he met a girl who spoke softly and sweetly, so pure she made his heart race. But the hell if he expected this. The one who cried prettily when he hurt her played him like a dog. Clear-headed, resilient girl × rich young master Unrequited love turns mutual | Rekindled romance | Reunion after a long separation | Both make a move From campus to city life, a sweet and tangy little treat~ P.S. The leads are each other's first and have no exes or former crushes. Next up: "Tirelessly" [I met you like a coniferous forest meets winter at sixty degrees north. The only green allowed to live in the bitter cold.] - On the eve of her graduation and departure overseas, Xu Tingzhi received an unsigned letter. [Congratulations on graduating. May your future be bright.] The handwriting was delicate, like a girl's. Xu Tingzhi didn't think much of it at the time and tossed it out with the other love letters. - Meng Zhiyi's life followed a strict routine, like clockwork that had never missed a beat. Until she met Xu Tingzhi. Her young heart fell in love, and she kept her feelings hidden for year after year. Years later, during an interview on camera, Meng Zhiyi laughed as she recalled an embarrassing incident from her youth. "Does slipping a confession letter into your crush's book, only to have them throw it away as trash, count?" The whole room fell silent. But behind her, unnoticed by everyone, Xu Tingzhi had just left the banquet. His clenched hand stood out with taut veins. - In everyone's eyes, Professor Xu was cold and unsociable, and so exacting about his work that people called him a "flower on a mountaintop," someone no mortal or immortal should approach. Yet on the night his African research expedition ended, Xu Tingzhi's name went viral thanks to a paper. The reason was that its acknowledgments mentioned only one name: [The coniferous forest stays green all year, but is covered by snow for most of it. Meng Zhiyi, ten thousand years is too long. Better to seize the day.] [Engineer × Geologist] Early on: conflicted and self-critical × aloof prodigy Later: clear-headed and independent × elegant young master |She has a crush on him|Reunion after a long separation|High school to city life Theme: If love is a contest, I'd gladly lose to her