A Springtime Rendezvous

[Publication rights acquired] [Second male lead gets the girl, both leads are each other's only partners] In seven years, Shang Yingci made the Shang family the most prestigious clan in Qingcheng through his own efforts. Everyone envied Shi Yi for having such a good eye and marrying into a fine family, secure and carefree for the rest of her life. Only Shi Yi knew that the boy who once ran all over Qingcheng to buy her out-of-season peaches was long gone. On a spring day in Qingcheng, Shi Yi walked out of the supermarket, licking an ice cream, and saw Shang Yingci embracing Miss Qiao on the street, reluctant to let go. She watched quietly. The next moment, she tossed her engagement ring and ice cream into the trash. A few months later, news of the marriage between the little princess of the Shi family and Mr. Shen, Qingcheng's new tycoon, spread like wildfire. Shang Yingci braced himself against the Shi family's gate, his voice trembling. “It's only been a few months!” Shi Yi's expression was indifferent. “A few months was enough for me to become allergic to peaches.” By the time Shi Yi could remember, Shen Dang was already a regular visitor to her home. The teenager wore clothes so faded from washing they had turned pale. He took money from the housekeeper and left with his back straight and slender. They were worlds apart. Later, when Shen Dang was nineteen, he knelt in the snow. The little princess walked past under an umbrella, disgust written across her face. “He's just some poor boy who comes begging my family for money!” Years passed. The boy who had once been penniless became a rising business tycoon. He took no revenge; he could barely spare her a glance. Until one day, the usually inscrutable man got drunk, his eyes reddening as he gripped her wrist and asked in a hoarse voice, “Shishi, what about now? Am I good enough for you now?” Only when he saw Shi Yi again did Shen Dang understand that people who think time has helped them move on cannot withstand meeting again. [When the wild geese return, the moon fills the western tower] [School romance in the early chapters, urban romance in the later chapters]