Autumn Will Come Again

Main story complete.

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On a rainy day, exhausted from working through the night, Qiu Mian stumbled into a man as she hurried along.

He was handsome, with features that looked carefully sculpted, not a single detail too much or lacking. His gaze held a certain scrutiny as he looked at her.

As if she owed him at least two million.

Everyone at Nanta University knew Zhou Yinxian. The school's prized recruit, its crown jewel, a walking core journal, and a professor whose classes were always packed.

Qiu Mian had barely noticed Zhou Yinxian before, but for some reason, he scared her.

Later, they became neighbors. Qiu Mian casually mentioned, "I'm always kind of scared of you."

"Is that so," he said. "If you've done something you feel guilty about, being scared is only natural."

"..."

So mean.

On a stormy day, trapped by the downpour, Zhou Yinxian appeared with an umbrella. Lights glimmered all around them, but Qiu Mian's eyes met his clearly.

He stared at her for a long moment. "Were you abandoned too?"

Qiu Mian didn't know why he'd said "too."

One day, Qiu Mian went to Zhou Yinxian's study to help him fetch something. In a hurried glance, she spotted a familiar little tiger figurine.

She had carved it herself and given it to her online boyfriend as a birthday gift. The character "Qiu" was carved into the tiger's head. Years had passed, but it was still spotless.

All these years later,

Qiu Mian finally learned that the online boyfriend she'd hurt with cruel words, driving him away as if they'd never see each other again, had been Zhou Yinxian.

Good-natured beauty x romance-obsessed cool guy

He secretly loved her first. SC, 1v1, HE

Theme: Become a better person. Keep going, and be brave.