Mutual Secret Crush | Rekindled Romance | Sweet Romance
"Every star that stays awake is an unread private message the universe has written to Earth."
Gu Chenzhou was famous for obsessing over details and couldn't tolerate the slightest mistake.
Cheng Lin, meanwhile, was the unlucky one who randomly signed up for a club and ended up paired with him.
Beneath the planetarium's glass dome, Gu Chenzhou tapped his knuckles on the draft covered in little bears. "A nebula won't wait even one extra second because you're careless."
Cheng Lin, who had worked through the night, made no excuses. She looked away, dark circles under her eyes, and missed the jacket he held out to her moments later.
Much later, Cheng Lin finally returned to the planetarium.
With her school transfer papers in hand, she applied to quit the club, only to find in a locker a dusty, corrected star chart. At its corner was an ink smudge from a cartoon bear she'd doodled.
That day, she took the chart with her and boarded a plane out of the city where Gu Chenzhou lived.
Seven years later, at the Palace Museum's conservation clinic, Cheng Lin had just finished restoring an ancient star chart when she opened her phone to a screen full of trending headlines:
#Tech tycoon Gu Chenzhou pays a record price for an overseas artifact, rumored to rekindle an old flame with his beloved conservator#
A cross-border acquisition entangled him in an artifact-smuggling case. The Gu family's algorithm team was hit by a serious hacker attack, and an encrypted file was leaked. It turned out to be nothing more than an old photo of their middle school astronomy club.
In the pouring rain, the pocket of a bloodstained white shirt worn by a boy held the corner of a pink note. It was the letter of reconciliation Cheng Lin had always believed she never managed to give him.
Besieged by reporters, Gu Chenzhou, who had always measured the world with formulas, tore up the prepared press statement.
The cameras caught a red cord peeking from his suit pocket. It was unmistakably the same as the faded wish cord around her wrist.
"Teacher Cheng, the ancient painting you were eyeing has been assigned to our department for restoration!"
The moment her assistant entered carrying the auction lot, Cheng Lin heard the precise, instrument-like footsteps from her memories.
That night, Gu Chenzhou's warmth seeped through his custom shirt against the back of her neck. "Seven years, four months, and nine days. The margin of error..."
His Adam's apple bobbed. "This time, I'm applying for a permanent deviation from the standard."
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#TechTycoonStumblesIntoLove
#GentleConservatorWinsOverHerCrushWhoThrowsHimselfAtHer
1. One-on-one romance, both leads' first love, happy ending.
2. Sweet, satisfying, and lighthearted.
3. Reading should be fun above all else. You're already here, little angel, won't you please add it to your favorites? T^T
Theme: A love of knowledge
