short series

Unmet Yet Unforgotten

share time: 2025-12-02 00:30:34

Zhang Zian, an investment banking elite, has carried an old pocket watch for a decade—it’s the “graduation gift” from Lu Wenzhuo, his high school crush. But back then, Lu suddenly went abroad without even a goodbye. Now, he’s meeting a restorer for a damaged Song Dynasty painting, and when he opens the door, he sees Lu in a plain dress picking ink fragments from the painting with tweezers. The ticking of the pocket watch cuts through the air, and Lu’s fingers freeze: “You still have it?” It turns out her “abroad” was an escape from a misdiagnosed leukemia, and the damaged painting hides the love letter she never dared to send. Zhang’s phone wallpaper? It’s always the 17-year-old Lu smiling under the phoenix tree. Old love lingers, but the news that Zhang is getting engaged next week is like a thorn in the air—how can he tell her he’s looked for her countless times, even changing the watch’s battery eight times over the years?

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