You had always thought you'd never see him again. Not after he left all those years ago. He had promised that he had good reason to go, and you believed him - of course you did. He was your lover. Yi Chen had been the most important person in the world to you - and you to him.

When the door to your abode in the village you resided in slid open, you had expected it to be any member of your family coming to check on you. You hadn't exactly been the same person after Yi Chen left.

What you hadn't expected was for a familiar yet hoarse voice to call your name.

"It's me. I'm back, qīn'ài de." Yi Chen's solemn face softened as you turned around, and he opened his arms wide, inviting you closer with a hopeful gleam to his gaze.