Wedding Invitation from Hong Kong

Synopsis of the novel: "Hong Kong is coming to seal the wedding invitation" Core summary: This is a story about redemption, cultivation and fateful separation. Cheng Xianyuan, a 21-year-old business genius, picked up the 11-year-old orphan Cheng Nianpan in the dark alley of Portland Street and gave her a home, a name and all his love. This love quietly deteriorated over the years, growing from family affection to forbidden love. However, when this relationship was not tolerated by family interests and secular vision, Cheng Nianpan was forced to leave his hometown. When she received news about Cheng Xianyuan again, it was a bright red wedding invitation. She failed to go to the appointment because of timidity, but she didn't know that this was her eternal farewell - Cheng Xianyuan jumped to her death on her wedding night. This is the ultimate tragedy about "I will cross you, who will cross me?" Word count plan: About 200,000 words, divided into three volumes. Core themes: forbidden love, redemption and sacrifice, fate and freedom, Hong Kong's glitz and loneliness, BE aesthetics. Main characters: · Cheng Nianpan (Pan Yuan): The heroine was rescued from the dark corner of Portland Street by Cheng Xianyuan when she was 11 years old. She grew from a timid orphan to a gentle, tough and affectionate woman. She only had her sister in the world, but in the end she was forced to lose everything. · Cheng Xianyuan: The heroine is a business genius who became the CEO of the Cheng family at the age of 21. She is resolute, elegant and powerful. She is Nianpan's redeemer, sister, lover, and a prisoner of family responsibility. Her love was deep and decisive, and she eventually resisted by dying. · Cheng Mu (Cheng Linxuan's wife): The hostess of the Cheng family and the defender of traditional family interests. I love my daughter, but I love my family's glory even more. It was the direct driving force behind the breakup of the two. · Father Cheng (Cheng Linxuan): The head of the Cheng family is relatively rational and acquiesces to his wife's actions, representing the cold family rules. · Li Yusheng: The son of the richest man and the engagement partner of Cheng Xianyuan. The catalyst of the story, his appearance directly led to the acceleration of the tragedy. · Pan Yuan's roommate (Lin Wei): His warm presence while studying abroad unintentionally conveyed key information. · Master Cheng, Grandma Cheng, and the elders of the Cheng family: constitute the complex family network of the Cheng family and are the embodiment of "rules" and "traditions." Volume One: Glimmer in a Dark Alley (approximately 70,000 words) This volume focuses on encounter, redemption and cultivation, setting the emotional tone. Chapter 1-3: Encounter on Portland Street · Opening: Describe the depression and undercurrent of Portland Street after the "renovation". Cheng Xianyuan was passing by on official business and caught a glimpse of the thin but bright-eyed Cheng Nianpan in the car. · Key scene: Cheng Xianyuan got out of the car and asked. The little girl pointed to the closed orphanage and hesitated. Cheng Xianyuan noticed something strange, called the police and contacted the shelter. · Psychological description: Cheng Xianyuan's "uncanny" impulse, and his unusual calmness and decisiveness when making decisions. · Adoption controversy: Cheng's father and Cheng's mother were shocked and opposed. Cheng Xianyuan's persistence and negotiation. Cheng Nianpan was taken back to her apartment in Central, where she took a shower, ate and put on clean clothes for the first time. Chapter 4-6: The Second Miss of the Cheng Family · Adaptation period: Cheng Nianpan's sensitive and pleasing personality. Cheng Xianyuan's patience and gentleness gave her the name "Nianpan", which means "I have been looking forward to it for a long time and will never forget it". · Meet the parents: An inspection by Cheng's father and Cheng's mother. Cheng Nianpan's well-behaved and sensible nature gradually softened the elders. Mr. Cheng's approval. · Formal naturalization: Half a year later, the shelter passed the inspection. The Cheng family held a grand reception to announce Cheng Nianpan's identity. Ancestors are worshiped in ancestral halls and names are left in genealogies. · Campus life: Cheng Nianpan was admitted to the top class of Hong Kong City No. 1 Middle School. She worked hard to fit in, but she always only had "sister" in her heart. Chapter 7-9: The bond of growth · Praying at Wong Tai Sin Temple: During the National Day trip, Cheng Xianyuan threw 80,000 incense coins to pray for "safety all year round". This is the first real "outing" for the two of them, and Nianpan sees the tenderness in her sister's smile for the first time. · Daily companionship: Nianpan delivers meals to Cheng Xianyuan, reads newspapers and arranges flowers with her. Cheng Xianyuan taught her to taste red wine and appreciate art. Close sisters' daily life. · Undercurrent: When Nianpan turned 16, he began to realize that his admiration and dependence on his sister had deteriorated. She felt confused and ashamed and tried to suppress it. Cheng Xianyuan was unaware of this and still took care of her as a sister. · Conflict foreshadowing: Cheng's mother began to remind Cheng Xianyuan intentionally or unintentionally: "You are thirty years old, it's time to think about the Cheng family." Cheng Xianyuan used work as an excuse. Chapter 10-11: Confession of Victoria Harbor · The college entrance examination is over: Nianpan is admitted to Xiamen University, Cheng Xianyuan celebrates for her. · Key scene: Victoria Harbor, on the Star Ferry, fireworks bloom. Champagne, evening breeze, and dazzling scenery on both sides. At the highest point, Nianpan mustered up the courage: "Sister, I like you." · Cheng Xianyuan's response: After a long silence, a deeper hug and "I know, me too". They are together. Chapter 12-13: Love Song of Four Seasons · Daily love: Snow watching in Norway, aurora in Iceland, flower viewing in Yunnan, autumn scenery in Xinjiang. Cheng Xianyuan used extreme romance to love Nianpan and make up for her childhood shortcomings. · Secret sweetness: They carefully guarded this secret and built an isolated love nest in their apartment in Central. · Cheng Xianyuan's struggle: She began to think about how to show her cards to her family and how to balance love and responsibility. Volume 2: Kite with Broken String (approximately 70,000 words) This volume focuses on conflict, separation and misunderstanding, and is a turning point in the entire story. Chapter 14-16: The storm is coming · Discovery: Cheng's mother accidentally discovered the relationship between the two when Nianpan was 20 years old. Shocked, angry, disappointed. · Mother's persuasion: Cheng's mother first approached Cheng Xianyuan and persuaded her on the grounds of family heir and continuation of future generations, but she was firmly rejected. · The bitter meat plan: Cheng's mother turned to Cheng Nianpan. She kept talking about Cheng Xianyuan's "sacrifice" and "responsibility", and described the "bleak future" of the Cheng family having no children. Finally, she showed her trump card: five million, study abroad, change her name, and leave Cheng Xianyuan forever. · Nianpan's choice: She looked at her elderly mother Cheng, thinking about her sister's future, and thinking that "the Cheng family doesn't owe her anything." She chose to quit "sensiblely". She believed that her departure was the greatest love for her sister. Chapter 17-19: Silent Disappearance · The last tenderness: Nianpan pretended that nothing happened and spent the last few days with Cheng Xianyuan. She greedily remembers everything about her sister. · Farewell: She left a letter (the content of which was not fully disclosed), changed her mobile phone number, canceled her social account, and "evaporated" from Cheng Xianyuan's world. · Cheng Xianyuan's madness: The collapse and search after discovering that Nian Pan disappeared. She used all her resources but could not find anyone who had "voluntarily disappeared". She had a heated argument with her mother and fell into despair. · Foreshadowing: In order to divert attention and stabilize the situation, the Cheng family began to arrange frequent meetings between Cheng Xianyuan and Li Yucheng. Chapter 20-21: Two years on the other side of the ocean · Nian Pan's foreign life: changed his name to "Pan" and completed his studies in loneliness. She buried her thoughts deep in her heart and only hoped that her sister would be safe and well. · Roommate Lin Wei: A warm Chinese girl who became Nianpan's only solace. · Key turning point: Lin Wei held up a piece of the Hong Kong Financial Daily, which contained the news of the engagement between Cheng Xianyuan and Li Yucheng, occupying most of the page. Nianpan smiled and congratulated her, but her heart was broken into pieces. She stopped thinking about it completely. Chapter 22-23: Return to Hong Kong and Wedding Invitation · Return: One and a half years later, Nianpan completed her studies and flew back to Hong Kong. She rented a house near Wong Tai Sin Temple, and in a small world with a rent of 12,000 yuan a month, she remembered the past. · Wedding invitation: I received the big red wedding invitation with the name "Cheng Nianpan" printed on it. She stayed up all night stroking the invitation. · Timidity and Missing Out: On the wedding day, she went near the church, but did not go in in the end. She was afraid of being touched by the situation and afraid that her appearance would destroy her sister's "happiness". This decision became her lifelong nightmare. Volume Three: Smoke from the Incense Burner (about 60,000 words) This volume focuses on endings, death and ultimate redemption. Chapter 24-25: Falling from the building on the wedding night · Wedding: A grand and luxurious wedding of the century. Cheng Xianyuan's face was expressionless, like an exquisite puppet. · Night: Cheng Xianyuan sent everyone away and returned to the new house. She looked out the window at the night view of Hong Kong and thought of the fireworks at Victoria Harbor. · Falling: She left a letter (the content is a mystery, but it is hinted that it was for Nian Pan) and jumped from a tall building. A talented woman and a strong man, their fragrance disappears and their jade dies. ·Public Opinion: Hong Kong was shocked and rumors spread. Chapter 26-27: Speechless Ending · Nianpan's collapse: Saw the news on TV. She didn't cry or speak. The world lost its color in her eyes. · Fragments of the truth: Cheng's mother came to her and handed her a box, which contained Cheng Xianyuan's diary and the "letter". (This can be left blank to hint at the truth and allow readers to experience Cheng Xianyuan's love that has never changed) · Donation and becoming a monk: Nian Pan donated 4.2 Million of the 5 million given by Cheng's mother to Wong Tai Sin Temple for repairs and relief. ·Epilogue: Nian Pan became a nun and took the Buddhist name "Du Yuan". She was in the Buddhist hall, watching the incense burner making smoke. · The final inner monologue: "Sister, I'm here to ferry you. The next life will be safe and smooth. I will live up to my beloved." The Green Lantern Ancient Buddha is the end, but also another beginning. Intention: To use love as a bridge and to pay for each other with life.