Every Day, You Carry Me Across

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Ice-cold beauty on a pedestal vs. cool, aloof beauty / Secret love comes true / Two-way devotion

Xu Ranxia is the future head of Jiangcheng's most powerful family, while Chi Leye is an agent famous in their circle for her cool, aloof air.

No one would ever imagine the two of them together.

One day, a photo of the hugely popular actress Xue Mian sitting in the passenger seat of Xu Ranxia's car made its way online. It went viral, and soon the entire internet was shipping the ice-cold beauty on a pedestal with the glamorous actress.

The rumors kept spreading.

Terrified, Xue Mian went live that very night to set the record straight. "I really was just getting a ride! President Xu has someone precious to him already, and it's not me! Please, please stop giving this story more attention, or my new drama is doomed, boo-hoo-hoo."

The following evening, the company held a huge dinner gathering.

After it ended, everyone noticed that the car waiting at the entrance belonged to their president, Xu.

The window slowly rolled down. Xu Ranxia glanced over, a smile in her usually cool eyes.

Everyone's gaze turned to Xue Mian in unison.

But the very next second, it was Chi Leye, standing beside the famous actress Xue, who climbed into the car, looking distinctly unwilling.

?????

Chi Leye sounded displeased. "Didn't I tell you not to come pick me up?"

Xu Ranxia raised an eyebrow. "What, are you embarrassed to be seen with me?"

Chi Leye: ...Not exactly.

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In high school, Chi Leye and Xu Ranxia were parallel lines that never crossed.

One was cool and quiet, the class representative for Chinese, praised endlessly by her teachers.

The other was the center of everyone's attention, a new student who spoke at the opening ceremony beneath all eyes.

Sadly, they weren't in the same class.

Chi Leye heard teachers and classmates speak of Xu Ranxia's many virtues, but never got any closer to her.

Xu Ranxia followed in Chi Leye's footsteps and got into the city's top high school, but didn't have the courage to take another step toward her.

On the day they took their graduation photos, a coincidence captured Chi Leye and the three years of her youth in the same frame.

Beneath lush camphor trees, she quietly watched the boy she liked through the camera lens.

She never knew that, at the very moment the shutter clicked, he happened to look her way too.

And so her youth and her secret crush came to an end.

He, it's a sweet little story~ All sugar, no angst.

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Message: If we keep moving forward little by little, the best outcome will surely be waiting for us.