Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

Seven years ago, Yanchen was twenty-five years old. He would always travel abroad as his career just kick-started. He had little time for Ye Xi, but even under high pressure, he still called her to accompany her every night. Sometimes they would fall asleep in the middle of the call because of the time difference. They had a long-distance relationship for many years.

Yanchen was eight years older than Ye Xi, but they had known each other since childhood. Yanchen was the perfect child that everybody wants, while Ye Xi was a troublemaker. As they live in the same neighborhood, her parents often invited Yanchen to come over and help her with her studies.

"And you guys fell in love?" Tongrui asked.

Ye Xi recalled the memories of her youth.

They didn’t know when they started to have feelings for each other. They were afraid that their parents found out about their relationship. When Ye Xi grew older, her parents felt that it was not appropriate to let a boy tutor her alone. They also noticed that Yanchen and Ye Xi’s interactions were more than friends.

Soon, Yanchen received an admission letter from the Harvard Business School.

Ye Xi still remembered that before Yanchen left, he threatened her at the airport to not fall in love with other boys and study well. She was still young and did not understand the concept of love. She was reluctant to let him go because there was no one to help her to do her homework anymore.

The long-distance relationship lasted for three years.

In those three years, Yanchen will contact Ye Xi every day. He would still help her out with her homework. Ye Xi once told him, if only she could take Yanchen to the examination room, it would be great.

three years to finish his five years course.

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then, we are probably married

"What happened after that?"

was busy managing his family's internal problems and his career. However, he still made time for Ye Xi and always

was excessively controlling. He wouldn’t let Ye Xi talk and laugh with other boys including her brother. It would be very

relationship as she noticed her feelings for him were not true love. She only liked him for his good looks and the way he treated her like a princess. She never felt sadness when they quarrel about the breakup. She knew she would still be

guys

deep breath and continued, "If we had really broken up at that time, nothing would have happened. If I had been a little more determined, we would

the breakup, Yanchen was annoyed but he thought that she was just kidding about it. She quickly forgot about the breakup when Yanchen bought her some nice food or took her to fun places. She was attracted to the things that he could give

twenty-five. He went to London for business, when he returned from London, he wanted Ye Xi to pick him at the airport. However, her parents

dominant, he wanted to be first placed in her heart. He couldn’t tolerate Ye Xi putting anyone before him including her family members. It might also be Ye Xi’s fault that she didn’t give him enough assurance in the relationship which caused his

brother. She was also afraid that she

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her eyes and the

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