The Spring Tide Comes in Time

[Both leads are romantically inexperienced + second male lead becomes the love interest + dating show livestream + long-planned pursuit]

[Dancing department's campus beauty x capital's top young master]

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Everyone in Jingnan knew about the arranged marriage between the Ji and Lu families.

People in their circles praised the two as childhood sweethearts, a perfect match. But Lu Yu ended it all with one sentence: "What is she to me?"

That rainy night, Ji Ning collapsed to the ground, her strength gone.

The man who appeared before her held an umbrella, his expression indifferent.

A moment later, Ji Ning carefully murmured two words:

"Uncle."

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Lu Qicheng, head of the Lu family in Jingnan, was Lu Yu's uncle.

Ji Ning never imagined she would appear on a dating show alongside her ex-boyfriend's uncle.

What she found even harder to believe was that this man, rumored to be cold, distant, and ruthless, would turn into a hopeless romantic on the show.

Ji Ning had also treasured the lovely moments they shared on the dating show, but she knew full well that there could never be anything between her and Lu Qicheng.

Once the show ended, they might never speak again.

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Lu Yu had thought Ji Ning would come back to him. But when he saw her on the dating show with his uncle, he panicked.

He even followed her onto the show, hoping to win her back.

All he got in return was a single, emotionless sentence from Ji Ning:

"Lu Yu, I don't love you anymore."

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One night, some time after the dating show ended,

the man, just back from abroad after a long and exhausting journey, knocked on Ji Ning's door.

As soon as she opened it, she was pulled into his slightly cool embrace.

His low, pleasant voice slowly sounded above her head:

"Ningning, I've missed you so much."