Surging Waves

Zhou Yucheng's name was hidden in Jiang Xun's youth for three years. Other people had seen his careless, pleasure-seeking side, but never seen him take anything seriously. They guessed he had grown tired of noisy indulgence and had fallen for a gentle, easygoing girl from the south. In the end, Jiang Xun was the one who let go first. His indifferent, weary voice dissolved into the smoke. "You should've said so earlier. I was sick of it too." Then one day, he got a call and asked whether she regretted it. Years later, at a business banquet, they brought up the past. He said racing cars had been a passing whim, and so had love. Just as she had answered back then: "I don't regret it." Zhou Yucheng had been playing around since he was a teenager. His life was dull and uneventful, and he had no idea a girl had secretly loved him, her feelings piling up like fallen leaves in her heart. All he knew was that she had shown no regret when they broke up. He knew she was afraid of the dark and a bit of a coward, and that her tears always softened him. Their reunion was anything but graceful. With nowhere left to retreat, she challenged him with tear-filled eyes. "Jiang Xun, this is the best you can do? You think I'd feel sorry for you?" His voice was hoarse and indifferent, but the cigarette had burned down to his fingers, a clear sign that he was utterly undone. ** She once wrote in her notebook: "I hope Zhou Yucheng will always be by my side." Years later, she saw his graceful handwriting again: "He got what he wished for." ** ● Unrequited love becomes reality | Rekindled romance. SC, each other's one and only, HE; two-year age gap ● Told in chronological order, with the relationship building gradually, so don't take passages out of context. The school-life section has a light, happy mood; the reunion in the city is bittersweet. They may argue, but they still love each other. ◆ 20,000+ words of revised content are exclusive to Jinjiang. The side couple's short stories are in the extras section on my author page. -2023.9.16- Theme: Love and freedom