Second Chance Romance | Eight-Year Age Gap
The next time Shen Wu sees Wen Yuhuai is when she goes with a friend to meet the man sponsoring her.
She's never believed in good fortune falling into one's lap, so she takes the time to warn her friend: "Maybe he's just after your youthful looks."
As she's earnestly advising her friend, a low cough suddenly comes from behind her. Shen Wu pauses, then looks up.
A handsome man in a suit stands behind her, his striking features and deep-set eyes framed by a pair of dark eyes fixed on her, a faint smile on his lips.
Her friend's sponsor is standing beside him.
Shen Wu is suddenly mortified, and her heartbeat skips a beat. All she can do is turn her head away in a rush.
The man's eyes are deep as he casually steps in to save her from embarrassment. "It's a good thing for a young woman to be wary."
Throughout the meal, Shen Wu stays quiet with her head bowed.
As they leave, she cautiously looks up, only to see the man chatting with someone beside him, a faint smile on his face. His familiar air of distant indifference shows in his features.
She vaguely recalls the first time she met him. She was just as disheveled then as she is today.
She'd been standing outside the operating room, listening to the doctor announce the terrible news.
Just before she collapsed in a daze, a pair of strong arms caught her. The young man had hurried over, carrying a chill with him, yet his eyes were warm and earnest as he looked at her.
"Wu Wu, right?"
"Would you come with me? I'll take good care of you."
For the years they were together, he really did treat her like family, so well that she forgot the pain of being parted from her parents.
Until he discovered the feelings she'd carefully hidden, and they broke apart for good.
She looked at him, almost helpless, her voice trembling. "Did I do something wrong?"
His eyes were dark, his expression beyond her understanding. "You're wonderful. I'm the one who isn't good enough."
After they parted, she never saw him again. They were never from the same world, and it was only natural that they would grow apart.
*
The next time she gets entangled with him is when she dresses up carefully to meet her boyfriend, only to see him standing intimately with a beautiful woman through a thin curtain of rain.
The rain soaks the hem of her dress. Shen Wu grips her umbrella handle until her knuckles turn white, about to turn away, when a Cullinan slowly stops in front of her, shielding her from view.
The window rolls down slowly. The man's familiar, handsome face appears before her, his deep eyes holding the familiar warmth as his low voice asks:
"Wu Wu, will you come with me?"
*
The year he finally gets what he wants, he carefully embraces her from behind and calls softly:
"Wu Wu."
"Would you still want me?"
[I'm old now, and you're still young. I'm afraid you'll regret loving me, and I'm afraid you won't love me.]
SC. Blurb written on 2025.10.12 and screenshot saved.
Theme: Treasure life.
