If the Rain Falls

[Story complete. I occasionally make edits and fix typos.]

The day Wen Xia met Jing Xu, the rain was coming down in torrents.

Through the curtain of rain, their eyes met for a fleeting moment.

That moment marked the beginning of the feelings she carried as a girl.

1. Wen Xia had always been mild-mannered and easygoing, sensible and well-behaved, never daring to ask for too much.

Until Jing Xu came along, and she began to have wishes of her own.

Jing Xu was her most secret longing, and the only leading man in the story of her youth.

But in this one-sided love, she was always a coward.

She carefully hid her bittersweet feelings in the deepest part of her heart, where they would be least likely to see the light of day.

Jing Xu was free-spirited and passionate, like the blazing sun.

Wen Xia knew the sun had never belonged to her. She was already content to bask in its light, even if only for a moment.

2. When they met again, he was still the brilliant young man everyone admired.

Wen Xia cautiously drew closer, never daring to overstep.

But he had already fallen for her. He carefully planned every step and confessed with utmost sincerity.

“Wen Xia, I want to pursue you.”

On New Year’s Eve, Jing Xu, who had always prided himself on being a gentleman, pulled her into his arms and coaxed her in a low voice: “Want to give it a try?”

3. Years later

Jing Xu happened to learn of the young girl’s shy yet profound crush on him.

On the flyleaf of a long-faded book was a sentence: “Goodbye, the one and only summer of my life.”

The date written beneath it was the day he left.

The moment he learned of her painful, unrequited love, he found himself tearing up for the first time.

He gathered her into his arms, heart aching for her, and at last returned the love she had carried for him all those years, through all its pain and bitterness.

-I used to be too timid to do anything but follow behind you in secret.

Now, at last, I dare to take your hand in public.

Campus: mild-mannered, reserved girl x free-spirited, passionate boy

Reunion: translator x architectural designer

*Mostly campus life, with a present-day urban setting / HE / SC

*A story of unrequited love coming true. The male lead pursues the female lead in the latter half.

Note: No intimate scenes while the characters are underage.

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Next up: A Sweet Wedding in Beijing

Second male lead gets the girl / regret and reconciliation / marriage first, love later

1. Everyone knew Shen Wenning liked Jiang Shiyan.

Her love for him spanned her entire youth.

On the day she carefully prepared to confess, Jiang Shiyan beat her to it and asked, “Will you be my girlfriend?”

After getting together with Jiang Shiyan, she reined in her temper and tried hard to be a sensible, considerate girlfriend, carefully protecting this hard-won relationship.

Shen Wenning fainted from a high fever and was taken to the hospital, but the staff couldn’t get in touch with him.

Exhausted, she finally returned home in the middle of the night, only to see the woman at the center of her boyfriend’s scandal leaving his house in a black camisole.

When her fever left her dizzy, she sent him a message breaking up.

2. After kicking the scumbag to the curb, Shen Wenning sat in the cold wind and cried until she had no strength left.

Someone walked up to her.

She looked up. Yu Jing stood in the shadows, his sharply defined, pale fingers rolling a cigarette as he looked down at her with cool indifference.

Her tearful eyes made his heart lurch.

He wiped away her tears, doing his best to rein in his usual brazen manner. Awkwardly but gently, he comforted her: “Why are you crying? I got even for you.”

3. Yu Jing was a wild, reckless favorite of fate. If he wanted the stars in the sky, there would be plenty of people lining up to pluck them for him.

Shen Wenning was merely the unwanted daughter of the Shen family.

No one had faith in their marriage. Everyone was waiting for the day Shen Wenning would be dumped.

Even Shen Wenning herself thought so.

Until one day, Shen Wenning asked for a divorce.

He showed no particular emotion, only lowered his eyes and readily agreed. “As long as you’re happy, anything goes.”

Shen Wenning thought someone like Yu Jing would let go without a fuss once he said he would.

But that night, in their dim bedroom, Yu Jing lowered his brows and effortlessly wrapped a large hand around her waist, pulling her into his arms.

His voice trembled. “Ningning, I’ll die without you.”

“Anything but a divorce.”

“…I’m begging you.”

-

Shen Wenning had always thought her marriage to Yu Jing was just a matter of mutual convenience.

Until she stumbled upon an old book of his, with a photo of her as a teenage girl tucked inside.

Only then did she realize that, in a corner she could never see, someone had loved her year after year.

Cool, aloof heiress x powerful tycoon

Second male lead gets the girl / he regrets it, but it’s too late / HE

Note:

“I love you: I would have you be what you are.”

Augustine

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