A story of time, distance and patience. It wasn't love at first sight. It was gradual, slow and building. It first started with a little curiosity. It was only when they were in the middle that they realised but nothing was to be done for it. The world was in chaos as were their hearts until they had all but fallen apart. What would put them together again?
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Jiang Cheng looked at the man at the head of the table every day, he would look down upon the class with a smile, like a statue. This was the man people spoke of as no.1 beauty in all of the cultivation lands. He truly was beautiful with features so enchanting, it was a blessing to be in the same room for many. To Jiang Cheng, there was just one problem. The smile. It was like one of those smiles where you smiled for too long and the smile started to look unreal. No one can smile that long like a carved statue. If Jiang Cheng looked long enough, he could sometimes see the smile faltering, the corner of the lips struggling to keep it up.
Lan Xichen's forehead ribbon flew as he loosely held it, and was accidentally caught by Jiang Cheng when Jiang Cheng came to the Cloud Recesses for a meeting. Lan Xichen found out it was Jiang Cheng who took his forehead ribbon, but Jiang Cheng didn't know Lan Xichen knew the fact. As they gradually meet each other due to their work, the two are plagued by the forehead ribbon's matter.
I have to set everything straight and do everything right. Sect leader Jiang got my forehead ribbon and I will marry him. However, how will I tell him when he already said 'no' before I could start? Lan Xichen thought.
I wonder who owns this forehead ribbon. But, whoever it would be, I still will not marry them. I want to choose the person that I will marry will be the person that I love. Jiang Cheng thought.
p.s.: credits to the artist for the beautiful fanart!