Sugar Chestnut

[Angsty Romance] [Modern Romance] [Pursuing His Wife]

“Sugar, this is for you.”

Young Li Chen carefully brought out an exquisite little glass bottle from behind his back. It was small, but polished until it was crystal clear. Inside were a few fireflies he had just caught in the grass behind the house. They blinked softly, glowing green; in the deepening dusk, they looked like a tiny handful of breathing stars cupped in his fingertips.

Tang Tang turned at the sound of his voice. Today she wore a gauzy, lotus-colored dress, its skirt spread across the stone steps like a flower just beginning to bloom.

The almond-shaped eyes that were always filled with laughter lit up the instant she saw the glow in the bottle, shining even brighter than the fireflies.

She took the bottle and carefully held it in her palms, afraid to disturb the tiny flickers of light. She cried out in delight, “Wow! A Chen, you’re amazing! They really look like little flying stars. They’re even brighter than the ones we saw last year!”