The 1980s: During Their Divorce Cooling-Off Period, He Blocks Her Door at Night

[Period] [Romance] [Heartbreak First, Then the Pursuit] [Broken Love Rekindled] [Slow Burn]

The stupidest thing Zhou Yanchuan ever did was give his old flame everything she asked for right in front of his wife.

By the time he finally uncovered the truth, that the child wasn't his, that someone had drugged him on Qingming night, and that all those ploys for sympathy had been part of a scheme, Lin Wantang had already rented a stall and filled out the divorce application.

He asked her to give him a month.

She told him he didn't deserve even one day.

But when someone came in the middle of the night to smash her door, destroy evidence, and burn down her stall, she always found herself clutching the hem of his clothes when he stood between her and danger.

"We'll go to the commune office and get the paperwork done in seven days."

"All right. I'll go with you."

"You'll sign?"

"I will. But answer me this first: last night, hiding in the crack in the wall, whose clothes were you clutching?"