Back to the Past to Embrace You

I'm revising the novel. The major plot points have basically all been changed, and I've polished the details through chapter 22. I'll finish revising the later chapters over the next couple of days. Most of the changes are minor adjustments to the setting and character details.

* Overprotective older woman vs. younger sister

* Mutual salvation, 1v1 sweet Reborn story

* Formerly titled "Just Say You Like Me [Reborn]"

"Chief Engineer Jin, has there ever been anything you've regretted in your smooth-sailing life?"

"I have no regrets." A moment earlier, Jin Qiuyu's calm, unruffled voice had come over the radio. The next, she fell from an overpass while saving a child.

Before losing consciousness, Jin Qiuyu thought: No. I do have one.

In high school, Xu Ai's "love diary" was made public by a busybody.

Their parents were called in.

In the office, Jin Qiuyu's father gave her a brutal slap. Xu Ai couldn't take it, and ran to the rooftop, where she jumped to her death.

After that, Jin Qiuyu lived alone for a long time.

Until she fell from the overpass and woke up back in high school.

The busybody had just gotten hold of Xu Ai's diary and hadn't had time to open it when Jin Qiuyu punched them to the ground. She looked at them coldly. "Can't keep your hands to yourself? Get lost!"

Xu Ai stared nervously at the diary in Jin Qiuyu's hand.

Jin Qiuyu looked at Xu Ai. "What's in it that has you so nervous?"

Xu Ai looked at her pitifully. "Sister Qiuyu, please give it back..."

"Silly girl." Jin Qiuyu ruffled her hair. That night, she sent Xu Ai a message: [Just say you like me, and I'll date you.]

This wasn't a dream, a chance to make amends, or an escape. It was a rebirth, a chance for the two of them to break free from their cocoons.

Reader's Guide:

1. Age gap, psychologically speaking

2. Slow-burn daily life, from high school through college

3. Both are each other's only one, 1v1

Theme: Learn to love others and yourself for you.