After Losing My Job, I Opened a Perler Bead Shop and Met Him

A bead-art shop had been getting a visit every day for a week. Each time, the owner had to wait for the girl to finish her creation before closing up.

This went on for about half a month. Then one day, the girl suddenly said to Yin Shangxing, the owner of the bead-art shop, "Honestly, I don't want to keep making these either. If I carry on like this, I'll waste away like a flower past its prime."

The girl sighed wistfully, sounding rather aggrieved. Her words only made Yin Shangxing more confused.

"But my brother told me to come make them."

"He told me to stick with it, so he could see you, pretty lady, every day."

The man beside her, whose secret had just been spilled, looked embarrassed. "Shut up, Jiang Zhiyu."

"Nobody thinks you're mute if you don't speak!"

Jiang Zhiyu received a stern warning from her brother, Jiang Yican.

Yin Shangxing was even more confused by what Jiang Zhiyu had said. She let out a puzzled "Uh..." and looked at Jiang Yican.

The usually aloof and refined man had his eyes lowered. He looked as if he'd been caught red-handed, awkward from head to toe.

Yin Shangxing narrowed her eyes as she looked at him.

After their reunion,

this man had treated her with a coldness that was almost cruel.

But what was he playing at now?

Was he plotting some roundabout way to get back at her?

Thinking this, Yin Shangxing couldn't help feeling a chill run through her.

Afterward, her body seemed to register the danger too, and Yin Shangxing closed her shop for three days straight.

"My brother asked me to bring you a crate of milk and see how you were doing."

"He said it was all his fault you got sick. He made you wait until the last minute to close every time. It's really my fault."

Listening to Jiang Zhiyu, Yin Shangxing could only think that Jiang Yican was a devil.

He had actually used the excuse that she was sick to make such an adorable little girl haul milk for him like a "pack mule"!!!

Yin Shangxing couldn't help shouting inwardly:

Jiang Yican, do you even have a heart?

Of course Jiang Yican had a heart. It was just that his whole heart belonged to Yin Shangxing.

2,

Yin Shangxing had to admit that back in school, she had been a full-fledged, angry young artsy type. She loathed the rich, despised wealth, and treated money like dirt. She thought all rich people reeked of money and were hopelessly vulgar. Only people with lofty ideals and grand ambitions could catch her eye.

She never expected that, by the time she was nearing thirty, she would finally understand how good money was, how wonderful it was, and how it could make life so much easier. Perhaps it was only after she realized how important money was that she chose to be with Jiang Yican.

At least, that's what Jiang Yican thought.

Was Yin Shangxing with him for his money?

But what was the truth?

In the end, even Yin Shangxing couldn't say.

Also known as A Meeting as Rare as the Shen and Shang Stars

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Synopsis:

[Introverted, highly sensitive INFP writer × talented, creative top-tier star singer]

1,

The past was just a dream. It was nothing!

Sun Simiao often told herself this when she woke from dreams in the middle of the night.

Then one day, she discovered that her high school deskmate had become... a top... top-tier star?

Someone she thought she'd never see again suddenly reappeared in her life and asked her, "Don't you remember me?"

Oh, heavens! Good gracious!

Had she really just hit the jackpot?

Sun Simiao stared at the handsome face right in front of her, so close it seemed to be just 0.011 centimeters from her eyeballs, and stammered, "I... I remember..."

2,

Sun Simiao had always been determined to stand on her own. Who could have guessed that after college, an introverted, socially anxious, highly sensitive INFP with an avoidant personality and a tendency to overthink would be deemed "permanently disabled" in the workplace? People like her had no place in the working world!

Sun Simiao was on the verge of tears. At last, she looked up at the sky and cried out her soul-deep question: Was this world really going to weed out every introvert?

To scrape by, Sun Simiao had no choice but to accept the olive branch offered by the person she was in an ambiguous relationship with. She thought she could at least settle into a stable life from then on. Who knew it would be the beginning of a disaster, a trial that trapped her in a no-win situation?

How could she break free?

Was five pecks of rice really worth it? She was practically bending herself in half just to get by...

Sun Simiao was on the verge of tears again!

She couldn't help crying out,

Heavens! Earth! Where is there a place for me?

I've already compromised so much!

I've already compromised so much!

Later, once again, in order to scrape by, Sun Simiao accepted the "money tree" fate had sent her way??

As long as it benefits me and doesn't harm anyone else, I, a "strong woman," can accept it!

Sun Simiao quietly reassured herself, then happily accepted.

But later, it seemed she couldn't accept it so easily anymore!

Maybe she felt unworthy? Maybe she lacked a sense of security, or was afraid of what people would say?

Later, she really was condemned! Criticized for not being independent or self-reliant enough! For not being strong enough... and so on.

Why did she have to rely on her high school deskmate, who had become a big star, for everything?

She fell into the same vicious cycle of her own personality once more, avoiding everything!

What was the answer to life, after all?

Could some wounds ever heal without leaving a trace?

How could she break free from the shackles of her personality? Was it even possible in this lifetime?

Should she face her fears and break free from those shackles, or find a comfortable place where she could shine?

What was the answer, after all?

Perhaps both were difficult!

"But keep going!"

"Think of it all as part of life's experience! Maybe one day you'll realize you've woven your scars into brocade!"

"The fact that you exist means that existence itself has meaning!"

"Don't sell yourself short! Don't underestimate yourself!"

"You're already doing great! You're just moving a little slower than others. Don't be afraid, don't be anxious! Spring flowers have their own beauty, summer flowers have theirs, and snowflakes have theirs too. There will always be someone wandering by candlelight who loves the fleeting bloom of an epiphyllum, or the graceful, unbranched beauty of a lotus."

"Stop going over the past again and again, and stop worrying about the future. It's all pointless. Just look at the present and make the most of it!"

"Silly girl, you may be stumbling along, but you're always doing your best to move forward!"

"You're amazing, you know?"

He said.

3,

The male lead's point of view

Chu Xici had always wondered why Sun Simiao kept disappearing without warning.

It wasn't until he discovered a secret that he began hoping every day that they would meet again soon!

Someone will always overcome every obstacle to come to you!

P.S. The full draft of this story is complete, so feel free to start reading!

Theme: Live well and keep striving.