A Diary of Longing [Rekindled Romance]

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#Young Lovers Reunited After Years Apart | Emotional Push and Pull, Rekindled Romance#

Shi Xian never imagined it.

That when she and Wen Yan met again after all these years, it would be under these circumstances.

On a stormy autumn day, her hair and dress were damp as she took shelter from the rain by the roadside.

Suddenly, a pair of rain-soaked trouser legs and leather shoes appeared in her lowered field of vision.

She looked up.

A familiar-looking man stood before her in a crisp suit, his brows and eyes dark, his gaze cool.

He curled his lips in a mocking smile. "All these years since you dumped me, and you still haven't learned to bring an umbrella when it rains?"

Yet he held the umbrella over her.

Rain ran off its slanted edge, soaking his shoulder.

-

Their breakup had been ugly.

Shi Xian never thought she would marry Wen Yan one day.

He was now head of the Wen family, powerful and influential, refined and aloof, someone far beyond her reach.

She was only a dance teacher, an ordinary person like most people in the world.

One day, Shi Xian came across an interview with Wen Yan.

On screen, the host smiled and asked him, "Mr. Wen, what's the most unforgettable thing in your life?"

"A summer in my senior year of high school."

Wen Yan gave a faint smile and said leisurely, "A little liar slapped me twice."

The host gasped softly, then asked, "And what happened after that?"

The handsome man sat quietly with his eyes lowered, rubbing the ring on his left ring finger with his right hand.

After a moment of silence, he raised his eyes and looked into the camera, his gaze deep.

Through her phone screen, Shi Xian felt as if their eyes had met.

Then she heard him say, "After that..."

"She became my wife."

-

One day after they got married, Shi Xian found a thick notebook in the study. It belonged to Wen Yan.

It was a diary, with only a few words on each page.

The dates on the first and last entries were eight years apart.

"Shi Xian is a heartless liar."

"But I still love her and miss her."

"Long time no see, Shi Xian."

"I don't have to write in this diary anymore."

Because one damp, breezy, rainy night, the two of them reunited after years apart.

From then on, all the longing and hopes he had held onto over the years finally found an answer.

Sexual content, happy ending

Coming Soon: How to Sneak a Peek at Me

In a classroom corner, on the eve of the college entrance exams.

Xu Jinsui secretly glanced toward a certain seat.

The boy had handsome brows and eyes, a strikingly clean-cut profile, and a lazy smile tugging at his lips.

Everyone at school knew him.

Sheng Yu, carefree and spirited, was the star of Yuchuan No. 1 High School.

She had once pretended to be calm as she handed him an autograph book, but he had casually set it aside and continued listening to his deskmate with half-lidded eyes, seemingly indifferent.

Xu Jinsui's throat tightened, and she hurriedly looked away.

He would never know that he was the secret, painfully unrequited love of her youth.

*

Years later, the two met again. Xu Jinsui was on a blind date.

She tried to fend off her date's advances. "I like men taller than me."

Her date said, "You're a little over five foot two, and I'm five foot seven. Doesn't that make me taller than you?"

"..."

Just as she was speechless, a lazy chuckle rang out. Xu Jinsui looked over.

At the table behind her, a man lounged in his seat, his face and features familiar.

He gave her a knowing smile and said in a calm, certain tone, "She's exactly five foot five and three quarters tall. Are you sure you're taller than her after taking out your height-increasing insoles?"

*

Sheng Yu, deputy captain of the Yuchuan Criminal Investigation Brigade, was not only exceptionally capable, but also handsome enough to have no shortage of admirers. He always seemed relaxed and unbothered.

But when it came to solving cases, he was known for being decisive and efficient.

Once, after questioning an arrogant suspect, he looked so grim that the young officers under him assumed the suspect had made him angry. None of them dared approach him.

Sheng Yu frowned at his phone. As one young officer passed him, he glanced over curiously and instantly wore a complicated expression.

The captain who showed no mercy to criminals and was as cold as ice toward women had a woman's photo as his chat background.

He was messaging her:

[You haven't replied to me for five hours and twenty minutes.]

*

One day, Xu Jinsui found an autograph book in Sheng Yu's high school textbook. It was the one she'd given him all those years ago, the one he had never returned.

The message inside was written in bold, sweeping strokes.

Xu, why are you sneaking peeks at me?

That night, the lights were dim and hazy.

Sheng Yu held Xu Jinsui tightly in his arms, his hot breath brushing her neck.

He kissed her flushed eyelids again and again, drawing out his words in a teasing voice. "Why are you crying, Doctor Xu?"

"Did you like me when you used to sneak peeks at me?"

"How much did you like me? Enough to love me for the rest of your life?"

Theme: Those who never forget will eventually find an answer.