Yogyakarta's Fevered Flames [Nanyang Era]

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This novel is complete! Also known as The Days of a Fake Marriage in Nanyang in 1980. In big, bold letters: this novel is melodramatic, and the logic is average!!!

Don't read pirated copies. ∠( °ω°)/ The author is rather poor, and it only costs a few yuan. Have a conscience and don't read pirated copies! ◉‿◉

Aben thinks the young madam is like a damp purple oxalis, curling up at the slightest breeze. The young master is neither grass nor flower. He's a falcon, soaring high in the sky and landing only when it's time to hunt.

Aben doesn't know when a falcon would ever choose to approach a sprig of oxalis. Falcons don't eat plants, after all.

Then one day, Aben sees the young madam in the back seat, pinned beneath the young master as he kisses her passionately. Aben gasps, "Allah! The falcon's started eating plants!"

The title comes from "Brilliant Fire":

How we change, how we travel a distant road, even as dust looks upon tonight's brilliant fire.

I'll wait for you to look back up ahead, while I won't turn back.

Do you want me?

(The blurb is awful, please forgive me. The actual story is better.)

1. The story of two smooth-talking chameleons.

2. No real-life inspirations. Set in Nanyang in the 1980s, entirely fictional. Yes, fictional.

3. Melodramatic, satisfying, and marriage-first, love-later. Heavy on the melodrama.

4. Both leads are inexperienced. Romance-focused, don't scrutinize the plot. An adult fairy tale, with a slow pace.

You don't need to tell me if you're dropping the story. The author's logic is average, and the plot serves the romance. The story repeatedly emphasizes that its logic is average. If you need a tight, logical plot, I recommend leaving so you don't upset yourself. There are countless great stories on Jinjiang. Best of luck.

[Original blurb, 20260515]

Coming soon: Reborn to Marry My High School Classmate, a similar marriage-first, love-later story. Please add it to your favorites!

In her previous life, Jiang Qingyun got her wish and married the man she'd always longed for, but he didn't love her. This time, when her family pressures her into marriage again, she doesn't dare fall in love.

Following her parents' wishes, she goes on a blind date and unexpectedly runs into someone from her past.

Her memories return to the year she was eighteen, when Jiang Qingyun and Liang Lanchuan shared what could only be called a birthday party from their worst nightmares.

Their homeroom teacher called the two students who shared a birthday up to the front of the class and handed them an apple and a lollipop in front of everyone.

The applause from below was sparse. The two of them stood onstage, mortified.

Jiang Qingyun's cheeks flushed as she stared awkwardly at the ceiling.

Beside her, the young man lowered his lashes. Slender, with a sharp profile and a solemn expression, he looked less like he was celebrating his birthday and more like he was suffering a punishment.

That excruciatingly awkward public embarrassment became their only meaningful connection in their youth. Afterward, they each went their separate ways, lost in the crowd and out of touch.

When they meet again in this life, Jiang Qingyun asks at once, "Want to get married? A fake marriage. To placate our parents, with no interference in each other's lives."

Liang Lanchuan agrees.

With their marriage certificate in hand, the pretend couple begin their acting careers, playing loving spouses in front of their parents while privately keeping a clear boundary between them.

At holiday family dinners, both sets of parents repeatedly suggest meeting their new in-laws, but the couple always fob them off by claiming to be busy with work.

Jiang's mother: This marriage won't last. I'd better find my daughter someone else...

Liang's mother: They might get divorced, but what decent woman would want a man who's been married twice...

Then one day, Jiang's mother gets a sudden whim and drops by. She runs into Liang's mother, who's come to visit with a gift. The moment the door opens, both families freeze in shock.

Liang Lanchuan is kneeling beside the sofa, patiently putting socks on Jiang Qingyun, whose cheeks are flushed. When he looks up and sees both sets of parents, there are still bite marks at the corner of his lips.

"Looks like this marriage... isn't ending, is it?" Jiang's mother and Liang's mother exchange a look, then shut the door with a click. Nothing to see here.

Theme: Live well.