Yang Ling transmigrates into the Republic of China era. Once a university student majoring in Chinese language and literature, she becomes the daughter of a theater owner's mother.
The first time she enters the theater, she catches sight of someone onstage and falls for him at first glance.
The young male performer is barely twenty, dressed in pale pink silk, his flowing sleeves swirling beneath the stage lights as he spins like a delicate crystal butterfly.
The steward notices Yang Ling staring and smiles obsequiously as he explains, "Miss, that male performer is Du Li. He's new. We only just beat him into submission over the past couple of days. He dances pretty well, doesn't he?"
·
Yang Ling's love at first sight came at the cost of Du Li swallowing ten thousand bitter coptis roots, enduring countless beatings, and pouring blood, sweat, and sleepless nights into his schemes.
Only then could he stand before her.
When Yang Ling casually mentions the stray dog living at the theater, he takes the cotton from his quilt before autumn and makes the dog a bed.
When Yang Ling is punished because her mother, the theater owner, is strict, he worries that the towel on her forehead isn't warm enough. The hot water he uses to wring it burns a layer of skin off his hands.
Their secret affair is exposed by a jealous male performer from the same troupe. The theater owner accuses him of seducing her daughter.
·
Through those tender, dreamlike days, no matter how often Yang Ling smiles and hooks her little finger with his, tells him not to be afraid and that he's wonderful, or confesses her feelings to him,
on the night before the theater owner loses her temper and secretly has him castrated, Du Li says only, "Miss, you've fallen for me."
He doesn't even dare to serve her. He only kisses her.
Unaware of the truth, Yang Ling hates him for half her life after he escapes.
She hates him for kissing her, for using her, for abandoning her alone in that cannibalistic theater troupe and never looking back.
[The Republic of China setting is fictionalized and does not involve politics. Two endings: the main story has a BE, the alternate ending has an HE. His escape has a twist. Sunny girl x beautiful, fragile, tragic boy. The heroine's romantic suffering comes only from losing the one she loves. The hero has it rough and is still castrated. Both leads are pure.]
Theme: Lovers are ultimately denied their happy ending
Will you update it today?
"Du Li" gave the author a big bug~Li Du
When I see those professional terms, I feel like I am reading a professional book [Glasses]
Please work harder and write more!
Super pretty! Come on come on!