Chapter 1 Reunion Yuntan falls into the old dream of Nancheng.

Desire to Stab/Jiang Lanyue

First release

2025.7.24

When Yuntan boarded the flight back to Beijing, Milan was gradually being overwhelmed by the October rainy season.

She didn't sleep well last night and was tormented by bizarre dreams all night long.

I asked the flight attendants for eye masks and thin blankets. There was a constant noise of boarding passengers around me, and finally a broadcast notification reminding everyone to turn off their phones or enable airplane mode during takeoff and landing.

Yuntan lifted his eye mask and saw an unread email on his phone.

She clicked on——

"LH Travel is honored to inform you that you have passed the design department interview and preliminary assessment. Thank you for injecting fresh blood into LH Travel and welcome you to join us!"

Yuntan replied “Received, thank you” and turned off the phone.

Raindrops fell on the porthole with a crackling sound, quickly leaving long and thin water marks.

Yuntan turned his head and saw that the profile of his face was hit by the dim light on the porthole and was cut into pieces by the water marks.

She had a very sharp and deep bone structure, narrow eyes, light amber pupils, and thin double eyelids. Her skin was so white and delicate, like high-ice jade with a smooth gel. It seemed as if the touch was also soaked in ice.

Pull out a decisive sense of coolness,

Someone once described her temperament as like a thin and sharp sword.

She took a deep breath and recalled.

The last time she left Beijing without saying goodbye was five years ago, on a snowy morning in Beijing.

Yuntan eventually fell asleep, though his sleep was fitful and groggy because of the noisy little boy sitting next to him.

-

The 11-hour flight passed in my sleep.

Yuntan followed the crowd out and picked up two suitcases - she had been in Milan for five years, studying for an undergraduate degree and a one-year master's degree, and in the end, these two suitcases were the only things that belonged to her.

When I arrived at the airport, I unexpectedly heard a loud and cheerful “Yun Tan!”

She had never told anyone her flight information. She looked up in surprise and saw Jiang Zhier smiling and waving at her vigorously.

Yuntan smiled instantly.

When she smiled, her temperament changed. The corners of her eyes turned up even more, and she looked even more stunningly gorgeous.

"Why are you here?" Yun Tan asked.

"Thanks to Elara for telling me. It would be so unfair of you to not tell me when we returned to Beijing."

"I wanted to tell you after we settled down." Yun Tan took Jiang Zhier's arm and said, "I'll treat you to dinner."

Perhaps due to his personality, Yuntan has had few friends since he was a child.

My school friends have long lost contact with me since we went on to higher education.

Only Jiang Zhier and Elara.

They were Yuntan's roommates in Milan. Jiang Zhier was an exchange student and returned to China a year later, while Elara was an Italian who was studying Chinese.

Jiang Zhier shared a suitcase with Yun Tan: "Don't worry about eating. How's grandma?"

She knew that Yuntan had no plans to return home before, and only decided to come back because his grandmother was sick.

During the time we were abroad, everyone would video call their families, but Yuntan only video chatted with his grandmother.

"He has been rescued and just came out of the ICU."

"That's good. I'll go with you to see grandma." Jiang Zhier said before her, "Don't refuse me!"

Yun Tan is a very strong-willed person. His eyes were red because of the news of his grandmother's rescue. When he saw Jiang Zhier's new car, he even joked, "Boss Jiang is so thoughtful!"

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When Yuntan rushed to the hospital, her grandmother was resting. The moment she saw her grandmother, she burst into tears.

My grandmother is an old lady who loves cleanliness very much. She always keeps herself tidy. Even her white hair is braided and tied into a low bun.

I haven't seen you for many years, how come you became like this?

"Xiao Tan?" A female voice suddenly sounded at the door of the ward.

Yuntan turned around and saw his stepmother Yuan Qinrong.

She walked quickly forward, holding Yun Tan's hand tightly, her eyes full of emotion as she looked her up and down carefully: "It's been a long time since we last met. You've become prettier and a little thinner. How have you been these years? Why didn't you ask the driver to pick you up?"

Yuntan's biological parents separated early, and his father remarried early as well.

She nodded slightly to the woman in front of her, without much emotion: "My friend came to pick me up." Yun Tan introduced her, "Jiang Zhier."

Jiang Zhier smiled at Yuan Qinrong, and without disturbing the mother and daughter from reminiscing about the past, he went to wait for Yuntan outside the ward.

"Where's Dad?"

"I couldn't change my class today, so I went to school. I just left."

After retiring, Yun's father, Yun Qihui, was rehired by the university as a professor of literature.

Yuntan nodded, and after a moment of silence, he asked about his grandmother's health.

The cerebral hemorrhage occurred suddenly the day before yesterday. Fortunately, the nanny at home discovered it and sent it to the hospital in time. The amount of bleeding was very small, and the foreseeable sequelae are relatively mild. However, the brain nerves are damaged, and the rehabilitation training of the hand and foot muscles in the future will be a difficult problem.

Yuan Qinrong told Yuntan everything in detail, comforting her not to worry too much. The doctor said that this was the most timely result, and her father had already contacted a well-known rehabilitation therapist.

Then he asked her, "You won't leave this time when you return home, right?"

"Well, it will definitely take some time for grandma to recover. I've already found a job in Beijing."

Yuan Qinrong couldn't help but sigh, "It's good that you're back. Your father is old now and he misses you all the time."

If others saw this, Yuan Qinrong's stepmother's actions were truly impeccable.

Such gentleness, thoughtfulness and meticulousness almost made Yun Tan forget the fierce quarrel they had with her five years ago when he was preparing to go abroad.

Finally, Yuan Qinrong patted her on the back: "Didn't you have time to eat dinner yet? Go out and eat something with your friends first. Grandma won't wake up that quickly, ah."

Yuntan nodded.

-

When in Milan, Yuntan often mentioned to his roommate Elara how beautiful the autumn in Beijing was.

The old alleys are lined with ginkgo trees, sycamore trees and ash trees. Their golden leaves shine even brighter under the street lights and rustle in the breeze.

On the bustling street, yellow leaves fell in the wind. Yun Tan and Jiang Zhier stood in front of the zebra crossing, waiting for the red light to turn red.

Yuntan had to go back to the hospital soon, so he could only book dinner at a restaurant opposite the hospital.

"I'll treat you to a good meal next time." Yun Tan said.

"Okay, then ask Elara if she wants to visit Beijing again."

Suddenly, a pure black Cullinan sped past along the curb, with the window half-rolled down, and an extremely sharp side face flashed by.

He couldn't see anything clearly at that moment, but Yun Tan's heart suddenly skipped a beat and he subconsciously turned his head to look.

Cullinan stopped outside the hospital and the man got out. It was October and he was wearing only a shirt with no tie and two buttons undone. The loose fit made the formal attire look casual, while the leather cuffs that were tightly wrapped around his skin under the fabric revealed a strong sense of power.

The man's handsome car and superior figure of nearly 190cm instantly attracted a lot of attention, making Yun Tan's gaze not so easy to notice.

But the man still turned his head to look at her.

His brows were sharp and cold, like he had stepped on air and fallen into an ice cave, but what hit him was the rough feeling of rolling yellow sand in the hot summer desert.

Yun Tan always wondered why cold and hot could blend so perfectly in Lu Wangshan.

The brain buzzed and fell into a long roar, the blood surged, the heat of the body and the heat of memories intertwined together, and regardless of anything, a hurricane was set off, throwing Yun Tan into the old dream of Nancheng.

-

The last time she and Lu Wangshan met was not in Beijing, but in Milan, on the third night after she arrived in Milan.

When the doorbell rang, she thought it was the classmate she had an appointment with, but when she opened the door, she saw Lu Wangshan.

That day, Milan had an unprecedented snowstorm. Lu Wangshan's head and shoulders were covered with snow, and his face was abnormally flushed. His dark eyes stared at her without moving an inch.

"you……"

Yun Tan was stunned. After a long while, he reached out to touch his forehead and asked, "Do you have a fever?"

Before she could finish her words, the man suddenly leaned over and kissed her hard.

Late at night in a foreign country with a heavy snowstorm, the heater kept the house warm enough, but it was still hard to shiver when the body was forced to press against the floor-to-ceiling window.

Yuntan couldn't hold on any longer, and left one amorous handprint after another on the window, which was blurred by the hot air he exhaled and became messy.

She refused to make a sound, using her knuckles to push.

But Lu Wangshan knew her body too well.

At the end of the conversation, which was neither a complete sentence nor a melody, Lu Wangshan hugged Yun Tan and sat him on the sofa.

His body was so hot that the shivering Yun Tan unconsciously pressed herself against him. Her face rested on his shoulder, tears and sweat intertwined.

When Lu Wangshan pressed her shoulders down, Yun Tan finally trembled and cried out.

"Yun Tan, am I spoiling you too much?"

She heard Lu Wangshan ask this question in a tender tone in her ear.

She couldn't say anything and could only shake her head in panic.

Lu Wangshan pinched her cheeks with two fingers, forcing the disheveled girl to look at him in a forced and threatening manner.

That was the first time Lu Wangshan ignored her tears, brushing them away casually with his fingertips, and spoke coldly, word by word:

"Do you still dare to run?"

That year, Yun Tan was 19 years old and Lu Wangshan was 23 years old.

…

The two glances spanned five years, and a flame rose in the calm, hot and passionate, burning the past of the two to ashes.

Yun Tan saw a dazzlingly beautiful woman get out of Lu Wangshan's car, holding a bouquet of gorgeous flowers in her arms.

Then the man looked away, and in that pleasant, low-pitched voice, he said to the woman, "Let's go."

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Long time no see everyone!

A new story is honored to meet you all

As usual, the first three chapters will be updated, and comments will drop red envelopes

1v1, SC, 4 years age difference.

The hero is a pure love god of war who lives a good life, and the heroine is a little bastard who eats well and loses it quickly.