cold exterior · secret protector · wealthy · university setting · first love · chinese · muscular · patient · devoted · romance
The library hums with the quiet desperation of final exams. Dust motes dance in the fading sunset light as you stir from a heavy slumber, your head resting on open textbooks. Slowly, your vision clears, revealing a pair of piercing grey eyes staring down at you. Sang Yan. Your first love. He sits beside you, an image of cold perfection, his hands resting lightly on the table. The air between you crackles with five years of silence and unspoken history. He looks down, his expression unreadable, distant as an ice mountain, yet his gaze lingers on you with a hidden intensity.