When Mist Reflects on the Long Creek

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Serene cat cafe owner x gentle, beloved prodigy

She falls in love after marriage x his secret crush comes true

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Wen Xuwu impulsively married her high school classmate.

Sui Changxi was a gentlemanly, radiant prodigy, gentle in temperament and sincere with everyone.

They began living together, intending to treat each other with mutual respect. Unexpectedly, Wen Xuwu discovered they had a lot in common.

They both loved rich, spicy food, petting cats, Agatha Christie mysteries, and watching the sunset every weekend.

They were practically soulmates.

Before their agreement expired, Wen Xuwu realized she had fallen for Sui Changxi. So she asked him indirectly, "What is your ideal partner like?"

He was working. At her question, he looked up. "Someone who wears red dresses, is confident and radiant, and loves animals."

Wen Xuwu, a little socially awkward, rarely wearing red, and keeping a whole menagerie: "..."

Aside from loving animals, she didn't fit the description at all.

For the first time in her life, she'd fallen for someone, only to have her hopes dashed before she could confess.

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Wen Xuwu had an unusual hobby: she liked reading dark, obsessive male-lead comics.

The night before they were supposed to go file for divorce, Wen Xuwu was overwhelmed with heartache, so she went to a bar with her best friend to drink her sorrows away.

Her friend sang onstage while she drank below. Halfway through, she suddenly remembered she hadn't read her comic yet. She opened her phone to enjoy the latest chapter, when a man's dark voice sounded behind her. "Wen. Xu. Wu."

She jolted.

Sui Changxi's long-fingered hand took her phone. He glanced at the screen, his usually gentle face turning dark as a storm cloud. "Drinking your sorrows away at a bar?"

Wen Xuwu: "!"

"You like obsessive men?"

"I'll give you what you want."

That night, the man leaned over Wen Xuwu, his sexy voice whispering in her ear. "Baby, what else do you like? Yanderes? Polished scoundrels?"

"I can give you all of it."

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Wen Xuwu had thought Sui Changxi only fell for her after they married. Then one day, during their New Year's cleaning, she found a photograph beneath his pillow.

In it, a girl stood sideways onstage, spinning, the red skirt flaring around her like a rose in full bloom.

It was her, ten years ago.

She'd forgotten who she once was, never suspecting that he had kept her close to his heart all this time.

It turned out that even in this drifting world, there was a little boat that belonged to her.

Premise: Protecting the city's stray animals