How many loves can be relived in the story of a devoted CEO pursuing his wife?

As dusk fell, Li Songze had already set up the cast iron oven on the platform of the wooden house.

Liu Sisi curled up in the rattan rocking chair, the sparks from the charcoal fire illuminating her eyes.

As she watched the man wearing heat-resistant gloves, his pale wrist bones barely visible beneath the rolled-up sleeves of his black sweater as he turned his wrist, her thoughts drifted away.

"come over."

Without looking up, Li Songze picked up a sizzling lamb chop, the oil dripping from the tongs into the charcoal fire, sending up wisps of smoke. "You've been staring at me for so long, you want some?"

Liu Sisi rolled her eyes inwardly; she was eyeing the meat, okay?

She grabbed a plate from the table, handed it to him, and deliberately shook it: "Hehe, doesn't it look delicious! I haven't tried Brother Li's cooking yet~"

"That's all the basic stuff I know."

When Li Songze took off his heat-resistant gloves and took the plate, his well-defined fingers brushed against Liu Sisi's hand.

She seemed to have forgotten to dodge.

The moment she looked up, the woman tilted her head back, her face flushed from the firelight, her eyelashes casting a fan-shaped shadow beneath her eyes, and the curve of her lips resembled that of a cat that had just stolen a bite.

He acted exactly the same way he did the first time he hitched a ride with her and ate at her place.

That time, to tease him, the woman deliberately led him into a cramped, backwater barbecue restaurant.

Little did he know that the smoky aroma of the barbecued meat would be the most memorable meal of his life.

Li Songze gripped the edge of the plate, his movement inadvertently causing her to lean forward.

When Liu Sisi looked up and met the dark current in his eyes, she belatedly realized that her fingertips trembled.

The plate suddenly became hot in my palm.

She saw the man's Adam's apple bob, and the firelight had somehow softened his hard, cold features.

"Taste it."

"Okay, I'm really hungry." Liu Sisi lowered her head, smiled, and avoided Li Songze's burning gaze. "I won't be polite~"

She sat down again with the plate in her hand, quickly took a bite, and didn't want to linger in ambiguity.

But things rarely go as she wishes!

The aroma of charred lamb chops mingled with the scent of cumin, and juices dripped from the corners of her mouth. Before she could even reach out, Li Songze had already pulled out a tissue and pressed it to her lips.

The two of them froze at the same time.

Liu Sisi's heart raced...

He should hurry up and eat; why is he staring at her like that?

"Brother Li, look at me, I can't even eat meat properly and I look so pathetic." Liu Sisi snatched a tissue and covered her mouth, her ears turning bright red. "Hehe~, did I make you lose your appetite?"

"No." He chuckled, his fingertips brushing against her burning cheeks, gently wiping away the oil stain.

The movements were so natural, as if they had been repeated hundreds of times.

"I remember the first time you took me to eat barbecue."

Liu Sisi froze, the wind in the valley lifting the stray hairs beside her cheek.

Li Songze naturally scratched her behind her ear, saying, "This is my first time hitching a ride with you, and I don't know where to put my long legs..."

Startled, Liu Sisi moved closer to the oven, her gaze unconsciously settling on his straight legs.

Just as my lower back touched the rocking chair armrest, my shoulder was suddenly pressed down.

"Don't move." The man's warm palm pressed against her skin through her knitted sweater, so hot that she almost jumped up.

But as Li Songze leaned down, the cool, woody scent mixed with the aroma of charcoal completely enveloped her. "But my heart has never felt so at ease."

His voice was terribly hoarse, yet he hesitated to withdraw his hand. "Like now..."

Liu Sisi stood frozen in place.

The charcoal fire crackled and popped occasionally.

The moment the flames shot up, they made her eyelashes tremble. In a daze, her memory was suddenly pulled back to that unfortunate evening.

That day, she was trapped in the elevator of Songke Building, frantically pressing the call button for a long time without any response.

Filled with resentment, she didn't notice why the man who should have been sitting comfortably in the CEO's office on the 60th floor had appeared on the basement level at that opportune moment.

All she knew was to vent her anger on him.

Unfortunately, he actually started clinging to her!

She even made up a lame excuse that "the car was sent for repairs" to force herself to squeeze into her little car.

Liu Sisi remembers that he was sitting in the passenger seat at the time, his long legs were curled up, and his knees would often hit the glove compartment.

She deliberately drove very slowly.

On the road, almost any vehicle can climb over her Camry.

When he landed, Li Songze's legs were probably numb for several minutes before they came back to normal.

She just couldn't stand him.

I deliberately took him to a shabby restaurant with no class and no service, just to annoy him.

But to her surprise, he didn't mind at all, and was even more down-to-earth than she had imagined.

Now, Li Songze unexpectedly told her that he had never felt so at ease.

"What are you thinking about?"

Liu Sisi snapped back to reality. The grease from the lamb chops had stained the entire napkin, and Li Songze had somehow already sat down next to her.

"Brother Li, stop talking..." She was a little at a loss, her body pressing against the rattan rocking chair, making a creaking sound.

But she was taken aback by the tenderness welling up in his eyes. "Those were all misunderstandings!"

Li Songze pursed his lips and remained silent.

He simply took the plate from Liu Sisi's hand, turned around, and cut it into small pieces for her on the table.

"Brother Li, at this moment, I have nothing to say, but you know that in my heart there is only..."

"I see."

Looking at his calm profile, his lines both hard and restrained yet gentle, Liu Sis's words caught in her throat.

Li Songze pushed the plate of sliced ​​food in front of her, sighed inwardly, and gave a bitter smile: "Am I not even allowed the right to savor it?"

As the stars gradually lit up, their cool light streamed into the ward.

Lin Xuedong leaned alone against the hospital bed, his gaze vacant as he stared out the window at the nonexistent stars, moon, and Milky Way.

Every night, the little woman he always worried about would come and stir his emotions.

He couldn't help but wonder if she was comfortable being around Li Songze.

Will I miss him?

Just like he misses her...

“Sisi…” he murmured her name softly.

Liu Sisi's every smile and frown, whether angry, sad, or heartless, stirred up memories in my mind.

The final frame shows her leaning on his shoulder, looking up at the starry sky with a gentle and beautiful expression.

A sharp, stabbing pain shot through my chest.

Lin Xuedong touched his brows and eyes, and a suppressed sob suddenly broke through his defenses, echoing in the empty room: "Don't fall in love with Lao Li so quickly, please..."