Mated at First Sight
Chapter 407 - 289 Memories vs Imagination (Third Update)_1

No one knew that a few years ago, Sun Yao had already started paying attention to Ya Yan. Back then, the Sun family was merely a middle-class family with a small pharmaceutical factory that had yet to take off. It seems that was during junior high school when neither Ya Yan or Du Hongyu probably even noticed an ordinary girl like her.

Arriving and leaving daily in luxury cars, with countless bodyguards following her around, Ya Yan was a bona fide ’Miss Rich’ in Sun Yao’s eyes, enviable to all. And always by her side was Du Hongyu, a prince charming in the eyes of others. They seemed an ideal match in terms of family background, academic performance, and looks. Back then, Du Hongyu only had eyes for Ya Yan and no one else.

Ya Yan was a princess, while she was nothing more than an ugly duckling. Their differences were as vast as heaven and earth. They simply couldn’t be compared.

Back then, when Sun Yao was experiencing her first crush, she fell for the tall, handsome sports committee leader admired by many girls in her class. One day, she slipped a love letter under his desk, hoping for a response. She was rather pleased, only to have her heart torn apart the moment after.

"What is this?" Ya Yan took out a heart-shaped object from her drawer and placed it on her desk, turning to Du Hongyu who sat behind her. "Is this yours?" she asked, handing over the heart to him. Because everyone knew they were childhood sweethearts, Ya Yan never received any love letters.

However, when Du Hongyu saw the heart in Ya Yan’s hand, his face suddenly changed. He quickly took the heart from Ya Yan and unfolded it. After seeing the signature, he sighed with relief, thankful that it wasn’t for him. Just as he was about to fold it back up, it was snatched away by a boy sitting behind him.

"A love letter, who wrote it to you?" Junior high school students were quite rebellious. Of course, love letters were their favorite thing to dissect. Back then, some boys were bold enough to write love letters to the girls they liked, figuring they had nothing to lose even if they were rejected. The girls, however, were generally more reserved.

The person who snatched the love letter suddenly shouted when he saw the signature. "Qi Feng, it seems this is for you." The tone was full of teasing.

Qi Feng was the sunny and handsome boy that Sun Yao had her first crush on.

What happened next could already be imagined. The boy read out the love letter, leaving no detail concealed including Sun Yao’s name. Qi Feng turned her down and from then on, Sun Yao became the laughingstock of the entire class, and even the entire school. She waited more than one semester before transferring school.

Sun Yao couldn’t figure out how the love letter ended up with Ya Yan. She even suspected that Ya Yan intentionally took it. Even if it wasn’t deliberate, she still blamed Ya Yan for taking out and revealing the letter. If Ya Yan hadn’t taken it out, it wouldn’t have been passed around, and she wouldn’t have been a laughingstock for a whole semester. Unable to bear the mockery, she transferred schools the following semester.

It wasn’t until high school that they met again.

During middle school, Sun Yao’s real name was Sun Li. But after transferring, she changed not only her name, but also her appearance. She was no longer the ugly duckling she once was, but rather resembled a delicate, beautiful lotus flower. The Sun family’s business also began to climb upward at a rapid pace.

She then did everything she could to get close to Ya Yan. After over a year of effort, she became Ya Yan’s best female friend and got along well with Du Hongyu. Wherever Ya Yan went, she would make sure to follow, and this is precisely why Ya Yan decided to take her to B City.

Then came college, and from the snowy night in their freshman year, Du Hongyu became Sun Yao’s tool, until... until after the incident in B City, leading up to the present.