I'll share the sweet moments the author left out!
Half a piece of flatbread bound them with five years of longing. A hundred taels bought a lifetime of devotion. In this chaotic age, you were the only part of the world I could see.
- At nine, Fang Zhiyou's family was ruined, and he went to live with his uncle. At an inn, he met a timid little girl who said her name was Lin Hui'er, and that her mother regretted giving birth to her. He shared the half-piece of flatbread in his arms with her, then remembered her name and the broken lotus-scented sachet at her waist for five whole years.
- At fourteen, he went out for a walk late at night and found Lin Pianpian, a young woman crying outside Willow Lane. She recognized him as the boy who had given her the flatbread, but, trapped in a life of servitude, she didn't dare admit it. He only thought she looked familiar. He let her stay the night, and when she hurried away the next morning, she left her sachet behind. Only then did he realize she was the girl he'd been searching for all these years.
- He spent his entire fortune, a hundred taels, to redeem her from Willow Lane just before she was forced to receive a customer. They lived under the same roof for three years, each hiding the fact that they had recognized the other, testing the waters again and again while remaining close yet worlds apart. He suffered from a condition that made everyone look like a beast to him, but he could see her face perfectly clearly.
- On her sixteenth birthday, he finally revealed their past. “I've been searching for Lin Hui'er for five years. At last, I've found her.” She answered through tears, and the feelings she'd hidden for three years finally found their place.
Mrs. Hao watched it