Childhood sweethearts x sweet, doting romance, no angst. A warm, fluffy love story｡ﾟ+.ღ(ゝ◡ ⚈᷀᷁ღ)
Shen Zhaozhao hid a copy of How to Win Your Husband’s Heart in a hollow pear tree, but it was really just a record of things like, “Brother Aji said my hairpin looked pretty today,” and “I should learn to make pear blossom pastries.”
In a hidden compartment in Xie Mingji’s study, he kept a collection of Shen Zhaozhao’s “evidence”:
“The baby tooth she lost at six,” “The jade hairpin she broke at ten,”
“The poems she ruined at thirteen,” “The flower note she wrote at fifteen.”
He taught her calligraphy and let her cover Records of Mountains and Rivers with chubby fish.
She took the blame for him, clutching the imperial porcelain vase she’d smashed into eight pieces and declaring, “Brother Aji did nothing wrong. Punish me first!”
After ten years had passed, everyone in Yunjing knew that the young master of the Xie family treasured three things:
The sweets in his sleeve, the pear blossom note under his pillow, and the girl who always folded his policy essays into paper kites.
On the day she came of age, spring rain fell softly. Holding a broken jade bangle wound with gold thread, Xie Mingji cornered her beneath the shadows of the crabapple blossoms. “When we were little, you broke my jade pendant and called it a betrothal gift. Now I’m here to collect the interest.”
Zhaozhao rose on tiptoe and tucked a pear blossom into his lapel, her eyes sweeter than honey. “There’s no interest, but I can give you the principal: I’ll make you pear blossom cakes for the rest of our lives. How about that?”
[Sweet romance highlights]
- Xie Mingji hid candied plums in his sleeve when he went to court. When his colleagues teased him, saying, “Lord Xie, you certainly have an appetite,” he lowered his eyes and smiled. “The little cat at home has a sweet tooth. You’ll have to forgive her.”
- At her coming-of-age banquet, Zhaozhao got drunk, clutched Xie Mingji’s official robes, and mumbled, “When are you going to set the broken jade in the third hidden drawer of your study into an engagement gift?” The whole room erupted. Xie’s mother calmly poured more wine. “It’s time you started calling me Mother.”
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It's good-looking and heart-warming. There's no seduction. It just feels a little rushed at the end. I hope there will be a post-marriage side story.
Good-looking, good-looking, good-looking, good-looking The heroine is so cute!