[Revising the story, which will be changed into a short novella...]
Shanshan City was home to a famous pair of sisters.
Qu Dai, brilliant and learned, was the top scholar among women.
Dong Zhi, as wealthy as Tao Zhu and Bai Gui, was a business prodigy.
They had known each other since childhood, growing up together on the fiftieth floor and spending ten years by each other's side. Then one day, after Qu Dai saw Dong Zhi off on a business trip, she gazed at the now-empty room, and for the first time felt a strange flutter in her heart...
Later, she went to the capital to sit for the imperial examinations. On a night when they shared a bed, the other woman's embrace left her both intoxicated and afraid. It seemed she had developed an improper longing for her childhood friend.
After that, Dong Zhi thought her A Dai had become very strange. At night, she would still be in Dong Zhi's arms, but by morning she would act like a different person. She would swallow her words, give Dong Zhi the cold shoulder, then secretly sneak glances at her.
Dong Zhi: The pressure of the exams must be getting to her.
So she spoiled Qu Dai even more, putting water and food right within reach. But all she got in return was an even icier expression.
Dong Zhi: ???
On the day the examination results were announced, the new top scholar, Qu Dai, rode through the streets in red robes on a fine horse. As the spring breeze brushed past her, she looked up and saw Dong Zhi atop a tall building, her face bright as the morning sun as she called out again and again, "A Dai, A Dai."
In that moment, all the noise around her faded into the background.
Qu Dai finally understood: she had fallen in love with her long ago.
#Me and my clueless childhood friend, the wealthy merchant
#She thinks I'm stressed about exams, but really I can't resist her charms
#About how I passed the imperial exams, but all I can think about is marrying my childhood friend
[Childhood friends who grew up together, sweet yuri romance]
[The setting is based on another completed novel, The Tale of Lingyi]
Theme: Women standing on their own and growing strong
