"A ten-year age gap, a doting older man, enemies to lovers, a slow-burn healing romance." When she was eighteen, Shen Qingci, a young woman from a small town, met Gu Yanzhi, who had come from the capital.
Her grandfather said, "This man wants to buy our family's jade. He's no simple customer."
She nodded. "Yeah, he doesn't look like a good person."
But later...
His car broke down, so he stayed at her place. She made the noodles too salty, but he ate every last bite.
She casually mentioned wanting to learn piano, and the next day a Steinway was delivered to her door.
When she grabbed his hand with a fever and said, "Don't go," he really did sit up with her all night.
He was ten years older than her, gentle and restrained, and never crossed a line.
But she went from keeping her distance to falling for him, then from falling for him to being certain...
"Uncle Gu, I like you."
"I've been waiting a long time to hear that."
He carved a white jade ring with his own hands, then got down on one knee in an unfinished museum.
With tears in her eyes, she said, "I do," and he engraved "from this day forward" into eternity.
I haven't seen such a gentle and delicate book in a long time. Big boost to the author, please keep updating.