Marriage first, love later | Secret crush | Personal growth | Rekindled romance
Qin Yi swore she would be a sensible, honest person. She would find an ordinary job, marry an ordinary person, and live a quiet, uneventful life. But one day, her wish was completely dashed.
The group's newly appointed partner was young and talented, but had a terrible temper and a ruthless approach. He came in like a whirlwind, laying off employees left and right. Qin Yi knew she was done for this time! Not only that, she might not even be able to make it in the fashion industry anymore!
Her boss's surname was Zhou, and he had a grudge against her.
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Zhou Sihuai had no place for slackers. Everyone under him was fiercely driven, and Qin Yi was forced to fight her way back from the bottom. She climbed from the worst-performing team to Zhou Sihuai's side, going from a nobody to someone who could hold her own. She had even risked her life for him.
No one at the company knew that they had a history of grievances from their youth, and no one knew they had once been married. On the day they parted, Qin Yi stood at a crowded intersection and walked toward Zhou Sihuai, asking him just one question.
"All these years, even for a moment... were you ever sincere with me?"
At that moment, the surging crowd pushed them in opposite directions. She turned and walked away. Before deleting all of Zhou Sihuai's contact information, she sent him one last message.
"Good. I was never sincere either."
She would no longer try to make her way toward Zhou Sihuai. She would go live her own life, whether it turned out to be extraordinary or stayed ordinary.
A life without him.
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Qin Yi was stubborn, but Zhou Sihuai was no less so. Through countless sleepless nights, he remembered all they had shared in love. Their denial, their refusal to admit defeat, had all been blades that wounded both the other person and themselves, and he had truly lost her.
Much later, Zhou Sihuai traveled far and wide, searching for every trace of her. At last, dusty from the road, he stood before Qin Yi. His features were haggard, yet he still looked like the youth who had come home. Love had risen with the wind.
"You said I was never sincere, but I've never loved anyone else in my life."
"Only you. I fell in love with the same person twice."
Everyone knew Zhou Sihuai loved Qin Yi. Everyone except Qin Yi.
Theme: I refuse to settle for less than what fate has in store for me
