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Brought together by those who know them best, Lin Yanxuan and Yun Huayue were meant to begin with a simple first date.
Introduced through Huayue's sister and Yanxuan's closest friend, the two agreed to meet, expecting nothing more than an ordinary first date. But before they could even begin, Yanxuan was called away to an emergency.
It was only the first of many times that fire separated them.
His life was ruled by alarms, emergencies, sleepless nights, and the responsibility of bringing people home safely. Hers was filled with classrooms, children, quiet afternoons, and the simple routines of an ordinary life. Their worlds could not have been more different.
Yet somehow, fire separated them but made their hearts warm up for one another.
Their first date kept being postponed. Then another. And another. What began as an awkward introduction slowly became familiar conversations, late messages, brief meetings between his shifts, and small acts of care neither of them called love.
They grew close while being apart.
He began looking for her messages after difficult calls. She learned to understand that his silence didn't mean he had forgotten her. Neither demanded more time than the other could give. They simply learned how to make the little time they had matter.
Between the distance, the missed plans, and the uncertainty of his dangerous profession, something steady began to form.
They had never had the perfect first date.
But somewhere along the way, they had already become each other's safe place.