That Summer Long Ago

Laid-back, devoted male singer x emotionally oblivious actress with a gift for acting

Secure attachment vs. avoidant attachment | Mutual crush finally becomes love

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Peng Xia never imagined that she would see Yan Lang again under these circumstances.

At a drinking party among industry insiders, she was drugged after being set up and stumbled into a private suite somewhere in the resort.

Only a few minutes later, footsteps that sounded like the Grim Reaper closing in came to a halt outside the door.

She grabbed a porcelain vase from the display shelf and wielded it like a weapon. As the door clicked open, she aimed it at the intruder’s head

But he reacted faster.

The face that appeared was all too familiar, with striking brows, bright eyes, and exquisite features.

By a twist of fate, she had hidden herself in Yan Lang’s suite.

The good news was that he wasn’t with that group of people.

The bad news was that, after the relief washed over her, she had almost no consciousness left to hold on to.

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Peng Xia slept with Yan Lang, the top male singer of the moment.

When the madness had passed, she rubbed the bedsheet in embarrassment and heard Yan Lang’s low, languid voice drift down: “Shall we talk?”

Peng Xia bit her lip and cut him off first: “My company doesn’t allow us to date.”

She buried her face deeper, her lashes still faintly pink as they fluttered. “But I’m happy to make it up to you in any other way.”

The man lounged lazily against the headboard. At her words, he lowered his eyes, amusement clear in his voice. “So, in other words, ”

“Secretly getting married is fine?”

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Peng Xia had thought their first meeting three years ago was a blank spot in Yan Lang’s memory.

Until one day, she found a stack of letters from her middle-school years in an old box at home. Every line of youthful handwriting was hers.

-[The former tenant has moved out. I’m new here, not your pen pal.]

-[All right, if you don’t mind, you can call me Summer.]

-[I’m feeling much better. Thank you for being willing to listen to me.]

One by one, Peng Xia traced the faded pages with her fingers, until she reached the end of the old letters and found her farewell, still vivid in her memory:

-[I’m going to make my debut. I probably won’t have much chance to keep writing after this.]

It turned out that throughout the long, difficult years she had struggled to get through, a ray of sunshine had always been silently watching over her.

And the mistake that brought them together in the first place had been a position he deliberately created.

* Yan Lang x Peng Xia

* A side couple from Stars Are Asleep

* 2025.11.23

Theme: The brilliance of midsummer