#Sensitive and reserved x charming and carefree
#Reunion after a long separation / rekindled romance / cohabitation / modern city setting
Eight years after their breakup, on May 20,
Xia Xi was getting ready to go on a blind date when she received an email on Penguin from her ex-boyfriend.
[The girl he loved at sixteen is still by his side at twenty-six.]
[Please congratulate Jiang Ce on marrying the love of his life.]
Xia Xi's fingertips trembled, and her breathing wavered. It was a scheduled email. The bottom-right corner showed the year 2017, and Xia Xi's Jiang Ce.
Eight years ago, they were classmates. She always sat in the front row, while Jiang Ce sat near the back.
They hardly interacted in their day-to-day lives, and no one ever connected the two of them.
But in a quiet dumpling shop outside school, they shared a bowl of dumplings.
They both slipped away from the New Year's Eve party and shared an awkward first kiss in the endless summer night.
Xia Xi had thought they'd go to the same university, as they'd promised, and register their marriage on May 20 a few years later.
Who knew they'd part ways after graduation, only to meet again eight years later?
By a twist of fate, they ended up living under the same roof.
As she looked at the email, Xia Xi felt her heartbeat come alive again. Uncomfortably, she locked her phone.
She looked up at the cold-faced man eating breakfast across from her.
The flame burning in her heart went out again on its own.
Well, it had been eight years.
No one waits in the same place forever, especially not someone as exceptional as Jiang Ce.
Just last night, they'd argued because she'd come home from a dinner gathering smelling of alcohol.
To avoid another unpleasant argument while they were sharing a place, Xia Xi told him she'd be home late today.
After hearing that, Jiang Ce looked up at her. "A blind date?"
"Are you hinting that every time we argue, you'll go find yourself another man?"
*Each other's first love
Theme: I still love only you
