Lu Xiaofeng: Waiting for Your Return

When I was fourteen... Master: Gui'er, come home for dinner! Jun Gui: How many times have I told you not to call me Gui'er (turtle's son)? Damn it! When I was eighteen... Jun Gui: Handsome, your bed is so comfortable, your food is so delicious, and your flowers are so beautiful... By the way, handsome, what did you say your name was? Handsome: Hua Manlou. When I was twenty-two... Elder: I've already sent someone to Wanmei Manor with the betrothal gifts. We should be able to start preparing for the wedding soon. Jun Gui: ...Wait, did you say... Wanmei Manor? The betrothal gifts?! The wedding?!! My name is Jun Gui. Jun as in "waiting for you to return," Gui as in "waiting for you to return." When I was fourteen, Master asked me what I wanted. I said I wanted to go home. When I was eighteen, Master asked me what I wanted. I said to stay alive, then go home. When I was twenty-two, my eldest brother asked me what I wanted. I said I wanted to go home. I only wanted to go home. Someone at home is waiting for me to return. I promised that person that even if I died, I would die somewhere they could see me. I did want to write about jianghu intrigue, grudges, and romance and all that, but the author is a total novice and can't write something so difficult, clever, and sophisticated. So just think of this as a semi-novice story. The main focus is romance, then flirting, with some ambiguity on the side. As for intrigue... is there even such a thing? In short, it's about a girl who wants to go home, keeps wanting to go home, but is always getting lost. Along the way, she happens to witness all kinds of stories. Will she eventually make it home? Take a guess. [Covers mouth, giggling...] A friendly warning: the male lead has already been decided. He isn't a character from the original story, and he won't show up until much, much later. If you come across any ambiguous scenes while reading, just keep repeating: It's all an illusion, it's all an illusion, it's all an illusion...