Half a Moat of Spring Water, a City in Bloom

Spring is not yet over, and the breeze stirs the willows at an angle. I climb the terrace and gaze out: spring waters fill half the moat, flowers bloom throughout the city. Mist and rain shroud a thousand homes.

After Cold Food Festival, I wake from wine and sigh. Let me not dwell on old friends and my homeland; instead, I will use the new fire to brew fresh tea. Let poetry and wine accompany the best years of my life.

"Gazing South of the Yangtze: Written at Chaoran Terrace" by Su Shi

I graduated from a 211 university, landed a job at a Fortune 500 company, and came from a rural background. Through hard work and my own efforts, I built the life I wanted.

This book is about an eight-year age-gap romance between a woman and a younger man, sweet yet bittersweet.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.