Daylight Dreams of the Starry River

[QAQ, check out my upcoming novel, Stars Shining for You: glamorous, cool female CEO vs. an extremely possessive, jealous demon king]

[Synopsis]

The engagement party for the Pei and Xi families was discreet and simple, yet it sent shockwaves through their social circles.

Xi Lang, a taciturn, cool beauty, had become the fiancée of Pei Qingzhou, the most outstanding man of their generation.

Their friends said Xi Lang and Pei Qingzhou were like still water flowing into a hot spring. Their personalities were worlds apart, and they would probably have a hard time getting along. Every word was full of sympathy for Pei Qingzhou.

Pei Qingzhou was handsome and charming, had friends everywhere, and filled every day with work and social engagements.

Xi Lang was quiet and cold, and would have happily spent twenty-five hours a day in her studio without ever going out.

When Pei Qingzhou's first admirer came to pick a fight, Xi Lang had just ruined a painting and was in a bad mood, so she asked Pei Qingzhou to end their engagement.

Pei Qingzhou made no comment. He took her to stay at her grandfather's house for a while, then brought her back.

Several months later, Pei Qingzhou's rumored first love and unattainable dream girl returned from abroad. In the restroom, one of those places where melodramatic scenes always happen, she gave Xi Lang an explanation that was really just a boast:

"He and I are in the past. We're just ordinary friends now. You don't mind, do you?"

Xi Lang was unmoved, but the more she thought about it after returning home, the more uncomfortable she felt. She decided to talk things through with Pei Qingzhou.

For the first time, the gentle, easygoing Pei Qingzhou lost his temper with Xi Lang.

"What do you want to do? End our engagement?"

His way of losing his temper was rather unique: an army of servants, every comfort, and anything she asked for.

"You don't like going out or socializing, do you? Why not just stay like this for the rest of your life?"

After all, he could afford to support her.

Pei Qingzhou had quietly loved a girl for many years. When everyone disapproved, he maneuvered in every possible way to become her fiancé.

His fiancée once had a first love, but that was fine. He didn't mind her past; he only cared about her future.

Later, his fiancée confessed that she couldn't let go of that past.

Only then did Pei Qingzhou realize that he did mind, just as she minded that he once had a "rumored first love."

But he had never considered letting her go.

PS:

Gentle, refined male lead and cool, socially anxious female lead

The leads are devoted to each other, body and soul. The supposed first love and dream girl are all red herrings! Put "This author can't write angst" in the chat!

Theme: Those who never forget will be answered