Twelve Years Overdue

Crying while they do it. Sweet, gentle, obedient younger woman / art teacher 1 x Lying back and coaxing her. Cool, spoiled, lustful older woman / math teacher 0

Reunited from the start, a bittersweet love story with a big, happy ending

Each other's only one, twelve-year age gap, from teacher and student to colleagues

At the first class meeting of the school year in September, homeroom teacher Lin Huiyan wore a dark, old-fashioned suit and gold-rimmed glasses, radiating authority. The students sat in absolute silence.

The late-arriving subject teacher had long hair and a white dress. With her bright eyes and lovely smile, she won over every student with a single line: "I came to see whose little darlings are sitting so properly."

Only Lin Huiyan's breath caught and her heart raced, her fingernails nearly digging into her flesh. This person had been gone for eight years, yet not a single day had passed without her occupying Lin Huiyan's heart.

When she was young, Lou Yixuan carefully pursued a woman, step by step.

That woman was the homeroom teacher in the next class, her next-door neighbor, and the love she had begged for again and again, but never won.

She admired the woman's eloquence when teaching, was captivated by her tenderness at home, felt for her solitude, and was enthralled by her flawless beauty.

But after one night of tenderness, the woman slipped away and sent her a message: I can't accept this.

Lou Yixuan gave up on her and went overseas, where she stayed for eight years.

After their reunion, neither of them mentioned the past. No one knew they had once been both teacher and friend, and no one knew how intimate they had been.

But Lou Yixuan couldn't hide her overwhelming love, or endure keeping it to herself.

Unfortunately, Lin Huiyan was good at putting on an act and holding back. For every step Lou Yixuan took forward, Lin Huiyan took one back.

No matter how she coaxed or compromised, she couldn't get Lin Huiyan to say "I like you." But clearly, everything Lin Huiyan did after they began working together said exactly that.

[Bonus Scene]

On a cold winter's day, Lin Huiyan drank herself into a stupor at her good friend's wedding, drowning her sorrows.

Her friend found the blind date she'd set up for her and said he could take her home. Lin Huiyan threw up all over him, then apologized and pointed at the contact list on her phone as she ordered her friend, "Call her. I want her to come get me."

Lou Yixuan drove over and politely put her in the back seat, but the drunk woman hooked an arm around her neck and pulled her down without a hint of courtesy.

The drunk woman sobbed and let it all out: "Lou Yixuan, you jerk! Why did you have to come after me again? Why? Why did it take you so long to come find me..."

Lou Yixuan held her and patiently soothed her. "All right, all right, baby, I'm sorry. I should've come to find you sooner."

Her aggrieved, embarrassed baby turned red-eyed. "Who's your baby... You have so many babies, go call them... Mmm."

[Key Points]

A quiet, everyday slice-of-life story focused on romance. Heartache and push-and-pull are inevitable!

The side couple, an older-sister-and-younger-dog pairing between a Chinese teacher and a chemistry teacher, is amazing too!

For major content warnings, see the author's note in Chapter 1!

There are plenty of great stories out there! If it's not for you, don't read it. Please be civil, whether you stay or go. Thank you!

Theme: No matter how many places you visit or how many people you meet, your heart remains true to its beginnings.