Reunited with an Old Flame

■|Rekindled Romance|Primarily Urban

■ Sweet, gentle girl x aloof, tsundere cool guy

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■ Please add my next book, "When I Pick Up My Ex While Driving for a Ride-Hailing App," to your favorites! The blurb is at the bottom.

When Lin Tingwan was eighteen, after one morning's exercise period, she returned to her seat and got pulled into a chat.

"Tingwan, do you like Zhou Chaoyu?"

Lin Tingwan instinctively denied it. "N-no! I like the gentle, sunny, approachable type. Not someone so arrogant."

The person was the complete opposite of Zhou Chaoyu, so her friend let the matter drop.

But in the very next moment, someone hooked a leg around the chair beside her and pulled it out. Lin Tingwan saw the boy sit down casually, open a book, and flip through it with an expressionless face.

At dusk, the school gate was deserted.

Lin Tingwan stepped in front of him and looked up into his eyes. She rubbed her hands together lightly, then slowly opened her arms, leaned forward, and hugged him.

"Zhou Chaoyu, your heart is beating so fast."

"You heard wrong."

"I didn't. Zhou Chaoyu, have you forgiven me?"

"No."

Lin Tingwan didn't believe him. "Then why are you hugging me?"

He was holding her even tighter than she was holding him.

-

Years later, they met again.

On the day heavy snow fell in Jiangtong, Lin Tingwan lifted her face beneath the dim streetlights and asked softly, "Zhou Chaoyu, can we get back together?"

The man gazed down at her, his voice languid. "I'll think about it."

Lin Tingwan smiled. "Then maybe let's just forget it."

Before she could finish, Zhou Chaoyu leaned down and kissed her.

"Not a chance."

Note: Both leads are each other's only partners. Short story.

Theme: Pursuing a beautiful life together.