Returning at Sunset

After quitting her job and returning to Xuanyang, Chen Wanqing received an invitation to a class reunion.

At the gathering, a former classmate who'd had a crush on her back in school took the opportunity to show his interest.

Back then, Chen Wanqing and this classmate had both served on the student council and consistently ranked in the top five of their grade. They were both good-looking and capable, the golden couple of their school days.

Thinking back on those youthful feelings, Chen Wanqing felt a little wistful. Her gaze inadvertently swept toward someone in the corner. Her eyes lingered for a moment, and she lowered her head to sip her drink.

A classmate beside her said, "I didn't expect Zhao Ke to come."

"I heard he's opened a guesthouse. He's quite rich now."

Zhao Ke had been a classic problem student: unruly and undisciplined, refusing to follow rules.

Usually, students like that would quickly become universally disliked, but Zhao Ke happened to have a handsome face, with a rebellious, aloof air. He often leaned against the big tree beside the basketball court, one hand in his pocket and a basketball tucked under his other arm, looking so carefree that he won the hearts of plenty of girls.

"Wanqing, now that you're back, have you heard anything about Zhao Ke?"

Before Chen Wanqing could answer, another classmate said, "How would she know?"

Zhao Ke had always been an outsider, with nothing in common with someone as outstanding and quiet as Chen Wanqing, the school beauty.

As the reunion went on, the classmate and his buddies listed all his good qualities and urged Chen Wanqing not to let him slip away.

Out of consideration for their old classmate, Chen Wanqing didn't reject him outright and made an excuse to go to the restroom.

On the way back, she passed an empty private room and was suddenly pulled inside.

The man covered her mouth, his tall frame leaning over her, his lips close to her ear. As he chuckled, his breath, warm with alcohol, brushed against her earlobe, sending a faint tickle through her.

"What? Saw him and regretted it?"

Chen Wanqing remained calm and poked the fresh scratch marks on the man's lower back with her fingertips.

Zhao Ke hissed but didn't let go, his dark eyes fixed on Chen Wanqing.

She was wearing a high-necked top today, but if she tugged it down just a little, it would reveal the hickey on her neck.

The one he'd left there last night.

Zhao Ke raised an eyebrow and said lazily, "It's too late to regret it now."

A few notes:

1. Cool and gentle x rebellious and unruly.

2. Almost lovers, reunited after a long separation, both virgins, each other's first love, happy ending.

3. The heroine has no relationship with her male classmate.

(First version of the blurb posted November 15, 2023, screenshot saved.)

Theme: Dreams will eventually come true