The Warm Sun of Late Spring

1.

Ruan Cong first met Jiang Luohuan on a stormy night.

Jiang Luohuan grabbed her by the collar, furious. "What kind of secretary are you?"

But later, Ruan Cong realized that this woman was all bark and no bite.

They went to the tea fields together and watched the stars together. They kissed amid the tea pickers' songs and the glow of a bonfire. Ruan Cong fell in love with Jiang Luohuan, determined to stay with her to the very end.

But in the end, Jiang Luohuan still left, taking Lu Lingling and the cat named "Green Tea" with her.

2.

Five years later, Ruan Cong was the youngest principal at a vocational high school in Jincheng.

Her world was small, with room for only three things: clearing her wrongfully accused parents' names, leading the villagers out of poverty, and... missing someone named Jiang Luohuan.

When Jiang Luohuan appeared as the project lead, she was professional and distant, as though the pain and passion of five years ago had never happened.

They discussed plans, reviewed reports, and never said a word about the past.

Until one day, Ruan Cong drank too much, and Jiang Luohuan came to pick her up, still dusty from the road.

Looking at Jiang Luohuan, Ruan Cong spoke through her drunken haze. "From the first day I heard news of you again, I've been waiting for you."

"Waiting for you to lose control over me like you did five years ago."

"Yangpo Ridge is the highest point in Shanliang Village. I always go there alone.

After I turned thirteen, there was no light left in my life, until she came. She indulged me in everything, as gentle as the first breeze of early summer sweeping across the tea fields.

But I knew you can't keep the wind.

She was as wonderful as a dream you can only have on Yangpo Ridge. The moment the rooster crows down in the village, it will fade away.

A mountain breeze for a limit, one summer rainy season for a promise."

Please note:

1. Ruan Cong is 23 and Jiang Luohuan is 29, with a six-year age gap. Ruan Cong x Jiang Luohuan: a pure-hearted, loyal, no-nonsense office worker x a short-tempered yet gentle, mature beauty. Taurus x Leo. The younger woman takes the lead at first, but they switch later.

2. One-on-one romance, both are pure, happy ending.

3. Content warning: For the sake of the story, Jiang Luohuan has an ex-girlfriend. They've already broken up in the story, and there are no unusual entanglements. Read with caution if this bothers you.

Theme: Life has its swamps, but it also has warm sunshine