A Postcard from Far Away

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In her senior year of college, Wen Qing told Xu Zhao she wanted to study abroad. Xu Zhao nodded and said that was fine: pursuing her dreams mattered most.

Wen Qing smiled, not noticing the brief flash of loneliness in his eyes.

Years later, after returning to China, Wen Qing spotted Xu Zhao at the company she was about to work with.

Xu Zhao leaned against the doorframe, suit jacket in hand, chatting with the company owner with a broad smile. But the moment he turned and saw her, his smile vanished.

The company owner was a young woman. She introduced him to Wen Qing: "This is my brother."

Before she could say anything else, she sensed something off between the two of them and asked cautiously, "You two know each other?"

Before Wen Qing could answer, Xu Zhao spoke first. "No."

Xu Zhao left the office, and Wen Qing hurried after him.

She wanted to know what he meant by saying they didn't know each other.

But as soon as she stepped outside, she saw Xu Zhao's car pull up right in front of her.

The window rolled down, revealing his annoyingly handsome face, followed by an even more irritating voice:

"No ride? Fine. I'll give you a lift, I guess."

As one of the hottest photographers in the industry today, Wen Qing receives invitations from major magazines and companies.

The covers she shoots earn rave reviews, and many celebrities reveal a different kind of charm in front of her lens.

But just as fans flock to her Weibo account to ask her to work with their favorites, she's caught up in a scandal with a popular male star.

The paparazzi publish a series of photos. In them, she looks at the man with a bright, burning gaze, as if her love for him is impossible to hide.

After seeing the photos, Xu Zhao sits in his office for the entire afternoon.

His thoughts are in turmoil as he goes through the stack of postcards hidden in his desk drawer again and again.

Only after night falls does he put the postcards away, thinking that he might as well let his feelings gather dust along with them.

But when he gets home, he finds Wen Qing crouched outside his door, arms wrapped around her knees.

She looks up, her voice hoarse from waiting so long:

"Xu Zhao, the rumor isn't true."

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"At last, I've waited long enough for you to fall for me too."

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Cool, aloof photographer x sharp-tongued CEO

Reunited after years apart

He has a secret crush on her

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Upcoming: A Summer Bursting with Life

Sheng Chi and Chang Ning were next-door neighbors for seventeen years, and everyone thought of them as childhood sweethearts.

Whenever they ran into other neighbors in their complex, those neighbors loved to tease them about the mischief they'd gotten up to as kids.

"But what I remember most clearly is the year Xiao Chi set off firecrackers and blew up the fish pond. The little fish went flying everywhere."

Whenever this came up, Sheng Chi would laugh awkwardly. Nobody knew that Chang Ning had set off the firecrackers that year.

So scenes like this became a regular occurrence:

"Chang Ning, buy me a bottle of water, would you?"

"No."

"Who took the blame for you when you were seven and said I blew up the fish pond?"

"Fine, fine."

"Chang Ning, can I come over to your place for dinner today?"

"No."

"Who took the blame for you when you were seven..."

"All right, come over."

"Chang Ning, will you be my girlfriend?"

This time, Chang Ning didn't answer right away. She just stared at Sheng Chi.

She made him so nervous that he tried again: "Who took the blame for you when you were seven..."

Before he could finish, Chang Ning cut him off with an angry shout: "Who proposes like that?!"

Sunny, sharp-tongued childhood friend with a million terrible ideas x short-tempered, easily tearful, incredibly cute childhood sweetheart

Theme: Love transcends time and space