After His Heart Dies

[The whole story is complete. My next novel will be After the Weak Widower's Act Backfires. Please add it to your reading list~] Pei Yuanxi is the untouchable flower on a high peak in everyone's eyes. Although he has an exceptionally beautiful face, no one has ever seen him smile at anyone. Only Pei Yuanxi himself knows that he seems cold to outsiders because he suffers from acquired emotional deficiency disorder. Unwilling to let anyone learn about his painful past, Pei Yuanxi never told a soul about his illness. For three years of university, he lived up to everyone's image of him as an untouchable beauty. Then, in his fourth year, the handsome new junior student began pursuing him fervently, becoming a little shadow who was never far from his side. A few months later, everyone was astonished to discover that the untouchable beauty could smile at someone so tenderly. A few more months after that, everyone knew that Pei Yuanxi had been won over by his junior, He Juechen. They all lamented their bad luck, regretting that they hadn't made a move sooner. During that time, they became the most talked-about couple on campus. = Near graduation, their class held a gathering at a bar. Pei Yuanxi knew that He Juechen and his friends were also at the bar celebrating a birthday, so he bought a cake and a gift and went to their private room. The door wasn't fully shut. Standing outside, Pei Yuanxi heard He Juechen's friends praising him for winning over the untouchable beauty at school. The young man's languid voice came from inside. "What boyfriend? He's just an emotionless freak." Pei Yuanxi stood frozen, at a loss. Behind him, the classmates who had followed him there looked embarrassed, their strange gazes falling on him. The secret he'd once opened his heart and shared had become a sharp blade plunged into his heart. The door opened. He Juechen saw the person standing outside and, after a moment of panic, looked over with a composed expression. Pei Yuanxi didn't look at him. He turned and walked away with the cake. = After word of what happened that night got out, everyone waited to see the couple's drama unfold. But after graduation, Pei Yuanxi simply moved out of the school in silence and never came back. After the breakup, He Juechen remained full of confidence. He not only helped the school win countless national awards, but also flourished in his own business venture. Everyone thought he hadn't taken that relationship to heart. Pei Yuanxi also thought he and He Juechen would never cross paths again. Until one day, as he was leaving a friend's home, a tall figure blocked him in a corner. He Juechen had waited outside all night. Pale-faced, he stopped him. The golden boy in everyone's eyes had bloodshot eyes. Awkwardly, he took out the awards and certificates he'd earned over the years, trying to win back his attention. "Senior, look at me again." Younger, growing-up puppy-dog gong x gentle, aloof beauty who longs for love [Please add my upcoming novel of the same type, After Abandoning the Ungrateful Wolf, to your reading list!] Blurb: 1. At his father's funeral, Sang Liuyu met Lu Fei. Someone brought the boy, who was half a head taller than him, and told him that he was the orphaned son of the Lu family. From now on, he would help Sang Liuyu manage his father's company. Sang Liuyu stared at that pale but stunning face for a moment, then took Lu Fei's hand. To protect Lu Fei, he gave up his original plan to leave and stayed to take over his father's company. The pampered young master, raised in luxury, started from scratch to learn the financial knowledge he was least interested in, all so Lu Fei could stay by his side and not be bullied by anyone. Everyone said Sang Liuyu was lucky. Even after losing his father's protection, he still had someone as capable and reliable as Lu Fei by his side. No wonder the young master was still so spoiled, innocent, and wilful. 2. Sang Liuyu's twentieth birthday was approaching. He went with a group of friends to celebrate at a mountain estate. He had no idea that, during the few days he was away, the company's situation had already been turned upside down under Lu Fei's control. On the night of the birthday party, several bodyguards in black suits stormed into the estate. Under the terrified gazes of everyone there, they forced Sang Liuyu to hand over the company seal hidden on the grounds. Sang Liuyu clutched the seal and fled into the woods. He ran to the edge of a cliff, with nowhere left to go. Cornered just a few centimeters from the cliff's edge, he suddenly saw a slender, jade-like figure emerge from the woods, and his eyes lit up. But Lu Fei reached out to him, his gaze cool and his voice as cold as a mountain spring. "Xiao Yu, be good and give it to me." Sang Liuyu's last shred of hope was utterly crushed. He threw the seal at Lu Fei. Eyes red, he shouted at him one last time, acting out in a fit of childishness. "I never want to see you again!" Then, without another glance at Lu Fei's expression as it shifted, he turned and leaped off the cliff. 3. When he opened his eyes again, Sang Liuyu had returned to the days when he was still the pampered young master. Once again, someone brought the orphaned Lu Fei to him. Sang Liuyu looked at the boy, still breathtakingly handsome but with blood-red eyes, as if he were nothing more than a speck of dust. That night, Sang Liuyu still brought someone home. But it wasn't the dazzling young master of the Lu family, bright as a pearl. Theme: Treasure the present.