We Were Meant to Meet Again. Please Honor Our Courtship Pact. by Tonghua Guren
[Cool, aloof lawyer x devoted business tycoon]
Yan Qingshuang was known in the legal world for having two very different sides: a demon at work, and a fairy on her days off.
Brilliant at her job and beautiful as jade.
Despite her many excellent admirers, not one could win her favor. She was like a spring snow, untouched by dust.
No one could have expected Yan Qingshuang to return from a trip with a man.
*
Jiang Suyan, head of the Jiang family, was a crafty, smiling tiger with a blade hidden behind his back, a ruthless business tycoon. He had kept himself out of romantic entanglements for thirty-two years, and no dating rumor about him had ever lasted past the next day.
People in their circle said Jiang Suyan was asexual and had no interest in romance.
No one knew that beneath his seeming lack of romance lay a torrent of unwavering devotion. He had carefully planned everything, all so he could fulfill their fifteen-year pact.
Through the long years, the fiery flower had wished to bloom its beauty for her alone.
*
Fifteen years earlier.
He was a proud, bright young man, the darling of every gathering, dazzling and radiant.
She, despite her exquisite beauty and delicate features, stood apart from the crowd with a cold gaze, aloof and indifferent.
The first time Yan Qingshuang spoke to Jiang Suyan was when she received a love letter from him at seventeen.
Jiang Suyan's usual easygoing expression vanished. He raised both hands solemnly, jaw taut, his long fingers pinching the edges of a pink envelope. "I like you."
Yan Qingshuang gave it a casual glance. "Come find me fifteen years from today. Don't date anyone in the meantime, and I'll say yes."
Even a fool would know that was a rejection.
Jiang Suyan paused in surprise, then raised his long lashes and smiled with wild confidence. "All right. I'll come find you then, but you aren't allowed to date either. No double standards."
Yan Qingshuang had spoken her gentlest words to Jiang Suyan, and also struck him with her sharpest blades of ice.
"Jiang Suyan, can you stay away from me?"
After that, she thought they would never cross paths again.
It was pouring on the day she left. Jiang Suyan chased her for twenty kilometers and stopped her, looking desolate and fierce. "I'll honor our agreement, but at least tell me how to find you. I won't bother you. I just want to know if you're doing well."
Yan Qingshuang was dismissive. She had never believed in such beautiful but hollow devotion.
Until, fifteen years later, the tall man came to honor his promise, pressing her against a wall as he closed in step by step. His normally composed, elegant face twisted with jealousy and fury. "Tell me, who is he?"
Theme: Good people deserve good things.
