Didn't I Just Reach Out to You?

Qiao Zhiyan never imagined she would run into Chen Qian's mother at her internship company, and that the woman would turn out to be an extremely important client! She couldn't help regretting the way she'd treated Chen Qian before...

Back then, Qiao Zhiyan had written a script for the drama club. To everyone's surprise, the play became an instant hit, and club president Chen Qian began treating her like a goddess.

But now, her internship had her completely overwhelmed. No matter how attentive the handsome Chen Qian was, she could only keep brushing him off.

When he pushed her too far, she even left him a message: "I'm swamped at Little Sun Training Center! I really don't have time to write you another script! Please leave me alone, or I'll have to block you and let us become strangers!"

At last, Chen Qian quieted down for a few days.

Then one day, the training center landed a major partner: children's author Zhang Jianing!

So the poised Zhang Jianing and Qiao Zhiyan, carrying a huge stack of documents, unexpectedly crossed paths in the hallway.

The principal was waving her away dismissively, but when Zhang Jianing spotted the disheveled Xiao Qiao, she went from famous author Zhang to Auntie Zhang in an instant.

"Xiao Qiao, what a coincidence! It's you!"

"Auntie, what are you doing here?"

As the principal stared in bewilderment, Auntie Zhang warmly took her hand. "Xiao Qiao, I heard you've been so busy with work that you haven't paid any attention to my good-for-nothing son in ages. Ah Qian has been sighing all the time lately."

Qiao Zhiyan's cheeks turned red. "I've been a little busy lately."

"I heard you're so busy you're about to cut ties with my son." Auntie Zhang looked like a worried mother. "At least send Ah Qian a message when you have time, all right?"

Once Auntie Zhang had turned back into Author Zhang and left with an air of composure, the principal looked at Qiao Zhiyan as if she might burst into flames.

"Hurry up and message him!" the principal ordered.

"Okay!" Qiao Zhiyan replied.

Ten minutes later, Chen Qian was grinning like his scheme had worked. "Classmate Qiao, I've finally heard from you."

Qiao Zhiyan replied with an awkward laugh. "Oh, don't make a big deal of it. I did reach out to you first, didn't I?"

It seemed she would have plenty more days ahead of her when she would "reach out first."

...Much later.

"So all of it back then was your scheme from start to finish!"

"Yanyan... I was wrong. I really know I was wrong..."

So back then, it looked like she was the one who had no choice but to contact him. But the one who had been quietly ensnared was actually him.

My next book is Cloudside Tea Shop. Here's the blurb. Please add it to your collection.

Every day, after hiking up the mountain and enjoying the sunrise, Lu Jiaxiu would send the young woman at the tea shop a WeChat message, as usual: "Miss Lin, I'm here."

Lin Ran, who had raced all the way there, taken the cable car and climbed the mountain path to get to work, would reply, "I'll be there soon!!!"

Taking the last few steps two at a time, Lin Ran had gotten used to brewing Lu Jiaxiu's usual oolong tea first. After all, this regular customer who showed up every day had taken root in her mind like a clockwork alarm.

Lin Ran said, "Couldn't you just buy a bottle of oolong tea at the supermarket and bring it up the mountain? Is the tea at our shop really that good? Our stingy boss wouldn't buy decent tea leaves anyway..."

But Lu Jiaxiu never seemed to tire of coming. "Everyone has different tastes. I happen to like this flavor."

One day, Lin Ran asked, "Were you just talking to Chen Wenbo on the phone? What a coincidence, our boss is called Chen Wenbo too."

Lu Jiaxiu replied, "Yes, it's the same Chen Wenbo. We grew up together."

"Huh??? Then just pretend you didn't hear me complain about the tea leaves. And about how our boss is stingy..."

"Oh, but you were telling the truth." Lu Jiaxiu smiled. "Of course, I won't tell him."

After all, only by keeping the young woman's job safe could he see her on the mountaintop every day.

Oh, and one more thing. The mountaintop sunrise is famous far and wide. Legend has it that young couples who watch the sunrise here together will find a love as eternal as the sun.

Theme: Cherish life and find beauty in the world.