An Encounter After Summer

I used to think I would never have anything to do with Lu Yihan again for the rest of my life.

When I was little, I lived with my parents, who studied plants, deep in the mountains. I wished and wished for company, and he was the only playmate I ever got. I watched eagerly as he stepped out of a spacious luxury car. His clothes were simple, but he was so delicate he looked like a doll.

That was the first time I'd ever poured my heart into being kind to someone. I wanted to give him everything I had.

We had agreed to be best friends, but in the end, he left without even telling me beforehand.

He really hurt me.

Then came the summer before senior year. It should have been the most carefree vacation of all, but my dad arranged for me to work as some kind of live-in caregiver at the Lu residence.

The reason was simple: Lu Yihan had lost his sight.

It wasn't permanent blindness. Long-term stress and reckless medication had temporarily damaged his vision.

I couldn't make sense of it. The icy young master, who'd been so full of himself ever since he was little, was under too much stress?

Curious, and carrying those complicated, secret feelings deep in my heart, I went to the famous Lu residence. The whole villa was spacious and cold, and Lu Yihan lived there alone.

At our first meeting, I acted rashly and reached out to take off his sunglasses. Beneath them, his face was still flawless, even more striking and delicate than when he was a child. But he was just as sharp-tongued as ever. "A clumsy mountain boy like you thinks he can take care of someone?"

His temper hadn't changed at all. If anything, he was even worse than before.

Lu Yihan didn't really need anyone to look after him, but he didn't mind me staying. After all, the one thing this mansion had in abundance was empty rooms.

The coldness of the Lu residence and Lu Yihan's refusal to let anyone near him made me feel defeated. I nearly gave up, but couldn't bear to, so I kept shamelessly trying to get closer to him. I even called him "big brother" though I was a few months older.

Good news: Lu Yihan is starting to come around and is willing to go for walks and exercise with me!

Bad news: Just as things were getting better, I brought up our childhood and made Lu Yihan angry again!

Fortunately, it was all just a misunderstanding. When the barrier between us finally came down, I naively thought we could be friends again.

But as time went on, Lu Yihan seemed almost too good to me.

He remembered what I liked to eat, quietly brought me mosquito repellent, and stubbornly refused to sleep because he was worried when I came home late.

We spent every day together, eating and walking side by side, practically inseparable. Eventually, I started staying overnight in Lu Yihan's room.

Even someone as slow as me began to feel we were getting a little too close. But I couldn't say what was wrong, and I was happy every day.

Lu Yihan merely said, "You said yourself that you wanted me to sleep better."

He was right. I had come here specifically to take care of him.

Until one morning, I woke from a dream to see Lu Yihan leaning over me, kissing me with all his attention...

The thousand-year-old ice began to melt. It wasn't until summer ended that we truly began to meet.

Blind Lu Yihan: clingy and stubborn

Sight-restored Lu Yihan: overwhelmingly possessive, and even clingier

Reader's Guide: First love for both, and they both fall for each other.

The top is extremely possessive. Later, during their long-distance relationship, he feels very insecure and may show a few slightly obsessive tendencies, but he will never hurt the bottom. Don't worry, it's safe to read.

Let me recommend my upcoming story, It's Hard to Act Sweet. Please add it to your collection!

Business tycoon Gu Mingxu puts a lot of effort into winning over Yuan Che, a little-known celebrity.

Unfortunately, the sweeter they are before marriage, the colder things get after.

Heartbroken, Yuan Che calls to ask for a divorce, but an accident strikes while he's out trying to clear his head, and they are separated by death.

Gu Mingxu's world collapses completely.

He wakes up after a drunken night and sees Yuan Che: Yuan Che at seventeen.

The boy is young, beautiful, and vibrant, but the look he gives Gu Mingxu is full of disdain. "Mister, you can't sleep here."

Heaven takes pity on him and gives him another chance to make amends.

But his seventeen-year-old husband is even harder to win over than the twenty-five-year-old version. After one glance at him, the boy says, "I don't like cold people like you."

The business tycoon practices smiling sweetly in front of a mirror, but his smile looks more like a grimace.

From young Yuan Che's perspective:

That guy surnamed Gu is really strange. He keeps showing up in my life.

He tries hard to smile, but his eyes hold a regret I can't understand.

He says he wants to make amends to me.

But I've never even met him.

Theme: Love is the best nourishment for a barren life