Love Letter

Shen Tingbai x Lin Mian

Unrequited love / rekindled romance / reunion after a long separation / HE

Everyone knew that Shen Tingbai was a dissolute wreck. After his parents died, he moved in with the Lin family and had to live with everyone looking down on him.

Lin Mian was quiet and reserved. Though they lived under the same roof, it seemed she and Shen Tingbai had never had anything to do with each other.

Then one day, Lin Mian went to a lot of trouble to make a cake, finally managing to light the candles and celebrate Shen Tingbai's birthday.

"Little sister." In the darkness lit only by candlelight, Shen Tingbai looked at Lin Mian's face and made a wish. "From now on, call me by my name."

The candle went out, but a light came on in Lin Mian's heart.

She understood all too well the suggestive weight behind that wish.

-

They had been together, but in the end, they still parted.

Shen Tingbai's love burned away his reason. It was a twisted love that wanted to crush someone and meld them into his flesh and bones. Lin Mian couldn't take it and left without saying goodbye.

Shen Tingbai's longing turned to hatred. He hid his feelings in a social media post only he could see: Willingly stranded @Lin Mian.

They met again in the square on the first snowy day of winter.

Shen Tingbai leaned against the railing, smoking, his whole figure radiating loneliness. He watched as someone harassed Lin Mian and snatched her wallet.

There was no one else around besides Shen Tingbai, so Lin Mian instinctively looked to him.

Shen Tingbai seemed about to say something, but sighed, stubbed out his cigarette, and straightened up. "Can't you call me by my name?"

-

The Lin family had fallen from grace, while Shen Tingbai had become a golden connection everyone wanted to court.

The newcomer spoke in a teasing tone that set her heart racing: "How about you move in with me this time?"

Shen Tingbai lowered his voice, deliberately teasing her. "Little sister Lin Mian?"

Shen Tingbai believed that

love with a little more calculation was still love.

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