The Gentle Hunter

During a handover training session at work, Xiao Xiao unexpectedly ran into her first love, the one who got away, Yu Shaohui.

The research institute's famous ice-cold genius, a workaholic with a ruthless streak.

With her first love and a guilty conscience weighing on her, Xiao Xiao is afraid Yu Shaohui will use his high IQ to get back at her with words. Unable to handle even the slightest setback, her first reaction is to run away and keep her distance.

Who would have thought Yu Shaohui would turn out to be an incredibly gentle hunter, keeping his eyes on his target and making love his snare?

He never says anything cutting. He simply pursues Xiao Xiao as gently as a clear spring, prepares her study materials, carefully plans surprises, and tries to bridge the distance that has grown between them over the years.

He's so gentle, it's intoxicating.

She thinks he's probably a gentle hunter. Though he is hunting her, he lowers himself so much that she willingly lets herself fall.

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"Why did you kiss me?" Xiao Xiao covered her mouth, looking puzzled. "Only creeps kiss people out of nowhere."

Yu Shaohui smiled. "That's right. I'm a creep."

Xiao Xiao: "You're even more annoying than a creep. You're a shameless pest!"

"That's right, I'm a pest. I'm even more shameless than a pest!"

Xiao Xiao was a little annoyed. "How can you be like this?"

"Like what?" Yu Shaohui leaned closer with a grin and teased, "Your man?"

Xiao Xiao: ...

[Second Chance Romance] [Campus Youth] [Heartwarming, Healing, and Funny Short Story] [This story is entirely fictional]

Completed, 90,000 words in total.

Theme: Even a broken relationship can be mended and become whole again