Single and ready for a wedding photoshoot, Xie Tan was offered dozens of professional male models to choose from by her best friend, who ran a photography studio. She wasn't interested in a single one.
As they were about to leave, they ran into Ming Qi, who had been tricked into taking headshots and had come back to demand a refund. He was dressed so plainly he could have disappeared into a crowd of college guys, but his face carried a composure and coolness beyond his years. His high, sharp brow bone, slightly deep-set eyes, and thin lips made him look aloof and serious when pressed together. He looked at her without a hint of emotion.
Xie Tan couldn't take her eyes off him. She gave her best friend a gentle tug.
Her friend was skeptical. “Can two amateurs really pull this off?”
Not only did they pull it off, Xie Tan was delighted with the results. Now she was itching to ask this handy tool of hers to accompany her abroad for another shoot.
In summer, Hokkaido's clear turquoise sea rippled gently as the salty, damp breeze brushed their faces. Teenage boys and girls in school uniforms ran past, laughing and chattering. Ming Qi, usually a man of few words, suggested they take some school-uniform photos.
Her best friend's eyes lit up, but Xie Tan froze. Her gaze flickered, and she replied evenly, “No. I'm twenty-five, and I've been out of school for ages. It wouldn't suit me.”
Ming Qi glanced at her and said unhurriedly, “But when I was a senior, you were still a freshman. By that reckoning, you should be calling me your senior.”
There was a deeper meaning in his tone. Xie Tan stood rooted to the spot, suddenly feeling that the midsummer sea breeze was scorching.
Reader advisory: Older woman-younger man romance. The heroine is 25, and the hero is 19, going into his senior year that summer. She is six years older than him. The heroine has had one past relationship. Both are sexually inexperienced.
Theme: May every beautiful dream come true
Not mature, not married, but taking wedding photos 🐶 [spreading flowers]