I Traveled Twenty Years into the Future, and My Childhood Friend Became a Big Shot

A gentle, refined, steady and reserved physics genius x a lively, passionate, straightforward and courageous ray of sunshine

During her high school graduation trip, Wen Xiangran went exploring in a cave, stepped into a rift in time, and unexpectedly transmigrated twenty years into the future.

On a whim, she called the number of her childhood friend, the older boy next door. To her surprise, he actually answered.

His voice was low, his speech measured and restrained, carrying the composure and reserve unique to a middle-aged man. "Hello, may I ask who this is...?"

Wen Xiangran was nervous but delighted. "Big Brother, it's me!"

The other person's breathing suddenly grew heavy. After a long silence, he asked, "...Is that Ranran?"

Professor Yang Qian, a refined and gentle physics genius, had his peaceful, orderly life alone disrupted when a young girl suddenly appeared in his home, repeatedly calling him "Big Brother."

At first, everyone assumed she was a younger relative who had come to stay for a while. But as time went on, they realized that wasn't the case.

Whispers spread behind their backs: "So Professor Yang, who devotes himself to academia and lives an ascetic life, is into younger girls too."

Only Yang Qian knew that the person before him was the echo he had waited for alone through half a lifetime.

The twenty-year gulf between them could not be erased, and Yang Qian had never intended to hold Wen Xiangran back.

In the final of Huaqing University's Graduation Cup basketball tournament, the physics department team won the championship. In full view of the crowd, Wen Xiangran brought water to her friend, and the players mercilessly teased them.

Yang Qian watched, feeling jealous, but said nothing. That night, he stayed alone in the lab until morning.

Early the next day, Wen Xiangran went to the lab herself to drag him out. She cornered Professor Yang, his eyes bloodshot, by the door. "If you don't like me, why does it hurt you so much?"

Professor Yang's calm, composed mask crumbled. His eyes finally reddened as he said the two words, "I like you."

The lab door suddenly opened. Yang Qian's students stood frozen in shock, wondering if it would look too deliberate to leave right then.

But... their new future sister-in-law looked pretty fierce. Could their teacher handle her?

The second day after the wedding.

Rubbing her lower back, Wen Xiangran answered that question: "Don't ever doubt your teacher!"

(P.S. They only get married after graduation.)

⭐️ Mutual healing, a sweet story focused on everyday life.

⭐️ Not-quite-incest, devoted male lead who waited in despair for twenty years for the female lead.

⭐️ The story contains many original settings. Please don't read too much into them.

Theme: Work hard to live well in the present.