Half-Silent Love Letter

Completed [Sharp-Tongued but Soft-Hearted Architect Gong x Tough-as-Nails Photography Blogger Shou]

Ye Jiqing is the head instructor at Chicheng Design Studio, nicknamed the Peach Blossom Menace. The reason is simple: his handsome face has caused countless problems, while his sharp tongue keeps people at a distance.

He's cold, arrogant, and impossibly picky. The only thing he never takes off is a faded red woven cord around his wrist.

Once, someone asked him what it was.

Ye Jiqing casually turned his wrist and said, "It's for warding off evil."

After they broke up, Chi Rui threw away everything they had shared. He watched a pile of memories turn to ashes, then clutched the last red cord in his hand, eyes red as he struggled to throw it away. In a futile attempt to fool himself, he took it off his wrist and tied it around his ankle instead.

Hidden beneath his pants, no one could see it.

He thought he and Ye Jiqing had parted ways for good, but years later, they met again in a small town.

That day, wind and rain swept through the town, and the hillsides were barren. Ye Jiqing's face gradually came into focus through Chi Rui's viewfinder. Chi Rui's hand shook, and he nearly dropped his camera.

The phrase "reunion after a long separation" didn't suit either of them. They exchanged no pleasantries or smiles. Ye Jiqing only asked coldly, "Chi Rui, you're still alive?"

Chi Rui was no longer the same as before. He was thinner and paler, transformed from a wild kid into someone gentle and serene, as if he'd been given an entirely new body and soul.

Ye Jiqing both loved and resented him. He kept wounding Chi Rui with soft words, while never being able to resist helping him.

Chi Rui was impossibly good-tempered, accepting both the good and the bad without complaint. He was utterly obedient through and through, yet he never said a word about Ye Jiqing's request to get back together.

Ye Jiqing couldn't understand Chi Rui's attitude, just as he couldn't understand why they'd broken up in the first place.

Until he saw Chi Rui's candy jars.

Clear plastic tubs filled with lollipops, with little notes crammed into all six of them.

Every word on the narrow slips of paper was perfectly clear.

From the day they parted until now, Chi Rui hadn't missed a single day.

Reading Guide:

1. Both leads are each other's only partners. Older gong, happy ending.

2. The story uses flashbacks, which will be clearly marked.

3. Regular daily updates.

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Theme: Fear not the long years ahead