Blurb: [Instinctive attraction / Cocky guy and sweet girl / Secret crush becomes mutual]
1. When they were young, Shen Ningbai was someone special. He always wore designer brands, always ranked first, and had a face no one could forget. He was so special that even when he made a mistake, he was forgiven as an exception.
But he was hard to deal with, cocky and hot-tempered. Everyone who liked him was afraid to get too close.
Only Xu Zhixia knew that he was actually gentle, and that he had hardships no one else knew about.
Only Xu Zhixia knew that he was special to her, too.
On graduation day, Xu Zhixia secretly wrote a message on his school uniform jacket: May you be free from now on.
He would never know how she felt.
2. She saw Shen Ningbai again seven years after graduation. There was a world of difference between him and Xu Zhixia.
Shen Ningbai was about to take over the Haolan Group. Decisive and ruthless, he was even more severe and cruel than before.
She thought they would remain just as they had been, with no connection between them, forgetting each other in the crowd.
One day, Xu Zhixia was brought by her supervisor to Haolan to apologize and accept responsibility. The man's face was as cold as ice, and he gave them only one chance to explain.
Her supervisor bowed and scraped. Seeing the wound on Shen Ningbai's ear, he sighed that they'd picked an inopportune time to come.
But unexpectedly, Shen Ningbai forgave them.
From an angle hidden from her supervisor, Shen Ningbai touched the uneven scar on his earlobe and gave Xu Zhixia an amused smile.
His thin lips silently formed the words: "Continue tonight."
Theme: Don't look for answers in the past. Wait for them in the future.
