Frost still clung to the plane-tree leaves outside the orphanage’s iron gate. Tong Hua stood on the steps, clutching a faded cloth doll, and watched Grandpa Si bend down and reach out to her. His palm, roughened by warm, thick calluses, enveloped her little hand and led her from the lonely courtyard into the warm, golden light of the Si family home. When she was thirteen, she and Si Zeyu moved out of the old house together, and under his care, she grew increasingly spoiled and willful. When news of Si Zeyu’s engagement reached her at twenty, Tong Hua quietly packed her things and left S City alone under cover of night. After she was gone, Si Zeyu stared at the empty room as memories of all the years they had spent side by side came flooding back. Only then did he realize he had fallen deeply in love with the young woman he had raised himself. Thus began his long journey to win her back. They are eleven years apart. Tong Hua’s background is simple: she is the granddaughter of one of Grandpa Si’s old comrades. After an accident, she was sent to an orphanage, and when the Si family found out, they adopted her. Stockpiling chapters like crazy.
