Qi Chu once confessed her feelings twice, both times to the same person.
Unfortunately, she never managed to make that person love her.
The day Qi Chu left the city she was destined never to have, all she had left were her hands, which she used to make a living through painting.
She had originally planned never to set foot on this land again, but some things needed closure, so she returned.
The work would take a few months, so she carefully considered a project and accepted it. She never expected to run into that irresponsible woman who started fires and never put them out, right there at work.
Eight years apart, and those boneless arms wrapped around her even tighter than before.
Since Yue Si didn't think she was a terrible person, Qi Chu wasn't exactly a good person either.
She was going to do the thing she'd failed to do before, then walk away.
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The large-scale dance drama A Guest in the Mountains hired Qi Chu to design henna tattoos.
Yue Si never imagined she'd cross paths with Qi Chu again one day.
But after they began working together, Yue Si was startled to find that the youthful, dazzling face in her memory had become distant and gloomy.
Qi Chu no longer wore the glasses they'd picked out together back then. Cool as snow, she carefully traced each line across Yue Si's skin, her heart as still as ancient water, without a trace of desire.
Behind the lenses, her long, narrow eyes held none of the tenderness or passion of that summer.
When they were young, Yue Si had underestimated the depth of Qi Chu's love. Now, the sharper the thorns, the deeper they pierced.
Yue Si searched Qi Chu for proof almost desperately. At last, as her eyes shone and wavered, she confessed what she'd felt back then:
"I should have taken your hand, instead of forever remembering the taste of that bottle of orange soda from 2010."
[Tattoo artist x dancer]
Note:
1. The story alternates between memories and the present. Read with caution if that's not your thing.
2. Campus and workplace romance, mostly sweet and fluffy.
Original blurb saved on 2023.8.10 (screenshot taken)
Theme: Be brave in life and love.
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