Mutual pining / Reunion after years apart / Angsty push and pull / Mutual salvation / The chase turns into a funeral pyre
Also known as: "Reunited with the One After Being Pressured to Marry" and "Kindred Spirits"
A sharp, proud, and aggressive heroine x a taciturn, distant, obsessive romantic hero
Avoidant attachment x Asperger syndrome
Veterinarian x software engineer
People with Asperger syndrome are usually either excessively distant or excessively attached in their relationships with partners.
The Complete Guide to Asperger Syndrome
1.
Getting close to a cold person is bound to leave you frostbitten.
Zhao Bihui understood this at seventeen.
It had been exactly two years since she met Fei Qiongsi.
She once thought she had found someone like herself, someone who understood her loneliness and could offer her warmth.
Someone who could let her drop the facade she struggled to maintain.
But a storm of rumors swept in and swallowed them both.
In full view of everyone, a slap shattered every last bit of her dignity.
After that, he disappeared from her world.
2.
Everyone said Fei Qiongsi was a monster.
Because of his striking looks and inhuman indifference.
He didn't just return a confession letter, he marked it up and corrected every typo and grammatical error.
He didn't understand the world, and the world didn't understand him.
Until one spring when he was sixteen, his lashes lowered, light like cracking ice flickering in his eyes, his face as radiant as a snow-capped mountain.
He told her:
I can't remember anyone else's face in this world, but I remember yours.
You remembered me, and still abandoned me.
3.
Ten years later, Zhao Bihui slammed the door and left under the storm of pressure from her elders to get married.
Downstairs, she ran into that person who seemed as if he belonged to another lifetime.
It suddenly occurred to her that she had forgotten what he used to look like.
No need to make the same mistake again.
"Zhao Bihui, I finally understand that I love you."
She no longer needed a confession that was ten years too late.
"Why don't we just forget it all?"
4.
After leaving her, he heard Mahler's Ninth Symphony on the ocean breeze across the sea.
In that moment, he longed for her so deeply.
And at last he understood:
She was the only person in this world who had ever smiled at him.
Reading Guide:
1. First time for both, happy ending, same age.
2. The early part looks back on their mutual pining at school; the later part follows him pursuing her in the present and suffering for love.
3. They only had an ambiguous relationship in high school, not a real romance.
4. The characters are all imperfect, with flaws in their personalities and trauma from their families of origin. They grow together as they learn to get along.
5. Corrections are welcome if I get anything wrong about their professions.
6. Information about Asperger syndrome is mainly based on books and online sources.
6. Updates follow the rankings; I'll ask for leave if anything comes up.
7. This blurb was written on January 15, 2025, and a screenshot has been saved as proof.
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