Chapter 1: The Man on the Magazine Cover
Jiaqi never imagined she would see Meng Heping again in this lifetime—not in person, but staring back at her from the glossy cover of a magazine. She turned the page over and over, almost doubting her own eyes. His gaze, the familiar shape of his nose, even the tiny mole at the corner of his eye—so familiar, yet refined by time. Could this really be the same boy she once knew? At lunch in the company cafeteria, she finally spoke. “Do you think seeing your first love on a magazine cover feels like a TV drama?” she asked Zhou Jing’an . Zhou Jing’an, with his mouth full of shredded pork and rice, nodded eagerly. “Exactly! Like an idol drama. Come on—who was your first love? Don’t tell me it was Wu Jianfei . Was it Pu Bajia ? Song Xiaobo ?” Jiaqi scoffed. “How could a good man appear on a cover so quickly?” Her words made Zhou Jing’an almost choke. He dropped his chopsticks. “You, Jiaqi! Don’t tell me your first love is someone cover-worthy. Who— Huang Xiaoming ? Chen Kun ?” ...
