A Glimmer of Glazed Light

The first time Su Wan met Lu Chenyuan, she was crouched in a corner of a flea market, carefully piecing together a glass ornament that had broken in two. The man wore a bespoke black suit. His leather shoes ground through the dust, yet he bent down and offered her a velvet handkerchief. “The shards will cut your hands.”

She didn't know then that this cool-eyed man was the head of the Lu Group, much less that three years later he would become her husband in name only.

The upheaval came without warning. Her father's company went bankrupt, her mother fell gravely ill, and Su Wan was at her wit's end when Lu Chenyuan's assistant brought her an agreement: marry him, and he would take care of all her troubles. She read the clause stating that they would not interfere in each other's lives after marriage, gritted her teeth, and signed.

Married life was like an exquisitely staged silent play. Lu Chenyuan gave her every material comfort, but couldn't spare her a glance. It wasn't until Shen Xingci appeared that the calm was broken.

Shen Xingci was a top-tier star, with two faint dimples when he smiled. At a charity gala, he stopped Su Wan, holding between his fingers a glass hairpin identical to the one she had lost. “Is this yours?”

It was the thing she had treasured most as a girl. As Su Wan froze, Shen Xingci leaned close to her ear, his voice as soft as a feather. “I've been looking for you for years.”

It turned out Shen Xingci had been her childhood neighbor, the little boy who was always trailing behind her and calling her “Sister Wanwan.” A upheaval in their families had cut off contact back then. Now that they had met again, fragments of the past began to sparkle in her memories.

Shen Xingci's closeness carried the warmth of sunshine