*Flashback*
-4 years ago-
Ye Jun was traveling around the world with his group of friends. All his friends were young masters of prominent families. It was early summer when Paris became their destination for a couple of weeks.
One day, they decided to visit the Eiffel Tower because the girlfriend of one of the young master was obsessed with Eiffel Tower. Although the idea was too boring for people like Ye Jun and Fu Shuang they still had to accompany their friends.
When they arrived at the Eiffel Tower, everyone scattered around. Ye Jun was stuck with Fu Shuang because both of them were very good friends for a long time. After taking the lift to top floors, they both were just looking around with nothing particular in mind. Ye Jun was busy in capturing the beauty of Paris in his camera while Master Shuang was leisurely leaning on the railing.
It had to be mentioned that Master Shuang was akin to an eye-candy. Almost all the single girls turned to look at him but he was not interested in playing around at that time. Nothing caught his attention until his eyes fell on a slender figure standing alone.
She was clad in a white tank top with blue jeans along with a chiffon shrug. Her ankle boots helped her look a bit tall and her sleek black locks were tied in a high ponytail. Her face was clean without any layer of make-up- it looked pure jade. But what caught his attention was the smile on her face that made her pinkish lips turn slightly upward making a small dimple surface on the right cheek. Master Shuang was beguiled.
Standing at the Eiffel Tower what made her smile was just a simple action- it was a family of three with a mother, father, and daughter. She was staring intently at the way the little girl was holding her parents' hands and when she wanted something, she stomped her foot making her father squat down and pick her up on his shoulders.
All of a sudden, the slender girl's smile was gone as if he had seen an illusion. He rubbed his eyes to make sure that he wasn't seeing things and found strange tranquility on her beautiful face. Master Shuang frowned as his interest piqued.
When he looked into her eyes, he was stunned by what he saw- sadness, anger, hate, and a storm. That look was all too familiar to him. How could it not be? He became the reason for that look in someone's eyes before.
When he saw that the girl was going to leave, he immediately followed her. But his collar was caught in a tight grip from behind making his body jerk a bit. He turned his face to glare at Ye Jun who shrugged it off. "What are you doing? And where are you going?"
"You can follow me if you want," Master Shuang said distractedly while he craned his neck forward to see where the girl went.
It took him a while to spot the girl again. She was sitting alone in the restaurant with a coffee cup in front of her. Master Shuang entered the restaurant but he didn't approach her. He sat a table quite far from her but he could see her face clearly from his seat. Ye Jun took the seat opposite of him.
Ye Jun was quite confused with Fu Shuang's weird behavior. "What are you looking at?" He asked while turning his head to see where was Fu Shuang's eyes were glued. But all he saw was darkness because Fu Shuang put his hand over Ye Jun's eyes to block him from seeing. "What the heck?" Ye Jun yelled at him, swatting his hand away to glare at him. "What's wrong with you?"
"Nothing's wrong with me. But you!" He pointed at Ye Jun's face. "You won't look at her."
"Oh, so, it's a girl. Tsk... Of course, it has to be a girl for our Master Shuang to act like this." Ye Jun commented shaking his head.
"Whatever, Ye Jun! Don't you dare look at her." Fu Shuang warned.
"But why?" Ye Jun asked.
"What will I do if you fell for her as well? You have a habit of snatching my girlfriends, I'm telling you this time, keep your distance." Fu Shuang was talking to Ye Jun but his eyes were stuck on the girl's calm face. She was elegantly sipping on her tea while drawing something on paper.
"Is she that beautiful that I'll just fall for her instantly?" Ye Jun scowled. "How can you just fall for a girl's beauty, Fu Shuang?" He was criticizing Fu Shuang but the latter didn't care much.
"Do you take me to be pretentious?" He gave Ye Jun a sideways glance and went on, "It's not that she's beautiful. Well, yeah... She's really beautiful but that's not the reason I'm stuck on her."
"Then what is?" Ye Jun asked with curiosity.
"It's her smile that suits her too much. But her black eyes have caught me in a web." Fu Shuang sighed. "Those eyes reminded of someone."
"Who?"
"My first love..." He replied.
"Even Master Shuang has a first love," Ye Jun was surprised.
Fu Shuang gave him a sad smile. "Of course, I have a first love as well. She was like that fresh breeze of spring that could bloom all the flowers that had been withered away. The last time I saw her she had the same look in her eyes like the one I'm seeing right now."
Ye Jun really didn't know what else to say. He had never seen Fu Shuang getting sad because of a memory like that. Ye Jun still had the urge to see this new girl that caught Fu Shuang's attention, so, he turned his face. But all he saw was her back as she was getting up from her seat to collect her things.
"Come, let's go!" Fu Shuang held Ye Jun's arm and jolted him a bit.
"What are we stalking her?" Ye Jun was bemused.
"Yes, we are!" He only heard the reply before he was pulled out of the restaurant.