Happy ending / one-to-one romance / four-year age gap / older male lead / secret love becomes mutual
Cold on the outside, warm on the inside, an aloof realist x a quirky, ghost-fearing sweetheart
Xie Xingshu first met Wei Cheng at his home. She timidly hid behind her mother, afraid to face him.
To her, he was cold and didn't like to talk, let alone treat a girl several years younger than him with kindness.
Once, when she went to his house for dinner, she nervously knocked on his door, hoping to play with him. From then on, she changed her mind about him. He didn't seem as unapproachable as his expression suggested.
But at some point, the two of them grew distant, and he became even colder, like an untouchable flower on a lofty peak.
After he was in a car accident, she began seeing him repeatedly in her dreams. Back then, he seemed to think she was a nuisance and coldly told her, "I'll book you a plane ticket. Go home."
Not long afterward, she discovered that this was actually a consciousness world centered on him. If she could wake him, he would come out of his vegetative state.
But she noticed he seemed especially reluctant to talk about this topic. Whenever she brought it up, he pretended to be busy and even refused to see her.
Only later did she learn that he had been avoiding her because he couldn't bear to admit that they belonged to different worlds, and didn't want to see her disappear right in front of him.
Two months after she disappeared, he started acting strangely, as if he were especially afraid of losing her. He kept stroking her lips and face, as if trying to confirm something.
His usually cool face grew flushed. Gently caressing her face, he murmured strange things, as if he had become someone else.
Tender, yet with a hint of assertiveness.
Only when he truly touched her in the real world did he seem to stop being so anxious about losing her. He raised an eyebrow and looked at her. "Are we really that unfamiliar with each other?"
Reading Guide: 1. The story contains author-created settings.
2. A sweet story with a happy ending.
Theme: Learn to face reality
