She knew he had been heartbroken over her for a long time, knew that her departure had utterly changed him, turning him from a deeply affectionate boy into the notorious playboy of River City.
He played around in the world, all because of her.
None of this mattered to her, nor would it ever matter.
Because she knew very clearly that neither the playboy version of him nor the one rumored with any woman was his true self.
As long as she returned to him, he would become his true self again, that deeply affectionate and gentle boy who loved only her.
She was so confident, confident to the point of forgetting her own heartache and not hurrying back, continuing her studies instead.
She wanted to make herself more beautiful and outstanding to appear before him.
In half a year, she would receive her postdoctoral award and return to his side.
Her thoughts were simple; she just wanted to make herself worthy of him, to reappear in his life in a dazzling way...
