"Don't cry." Gu Chun frantically wiped her tears, but her tears were like floodwaters that had breached a dike, impossible to dry completely.
Gu Chun felt a pain in his heart, and in the end, resorted to the old method.
His lips pressed against those soft ones, which, despite the many years apart, still felt familiar.
As their lips met, a soul-stirring tremble spread through their limbs.
For Lian Tong, all she could breathe in was his scent, his lips were cool and refreshing, making her forget her tears, leaving her with only shock.
This kiss, this man, she had been yearning for twelve whole years.
From the time she was eighteen, the best of her youth, to now crossing thirty.
In this day and age, it was nearly unheard of for a woman to be unmarried at thirty.
As soon as she returned to the Lian Family, those relatives of the extended family and even Grandpa Lian and Lian He would ask her about her marriage status or try to set her up with someone.
