Shanshan

Xu Shanran counted the leaves on the branches. One, two, three... one, two, three... She counted through spring, then summer, then autumn, watching the leaves turn from tender green to burnt yellow, one by one. As if counting the days she had left. From the legitimate daughter of a duke's household to the eldest daughter-in-law of a prominent Jiangnan family. From a lavish wedding procession that dazzled the capital to lying gravely ill in bed, counting the leaves outside her window. Xu Shanran had come a long way, through sweetness and bitterness, falling from the clouds to the bottom of the abyss before climbing back up, step by step. She didn't need to wait for another life. She had already sent everyone who had wronged her straight to hell. But sometimes she still wondered. Her family, her ever-timid and kind mother, her father who did nothing but recite poetry and admire the moon, and the child who never had the chance to grow up: Would they be afraid, or be bullied, stuck in the same place as those heartless wretches? Maybe she ought to go down there sooner. As a daughter and a mother, she had to protect them properly at least once. Male lead: I dream of finding a darling who can see past appearances and won't look down on my background or my family, which is like a den of vipers. Male lead: For my darling, I'll climb my way to the top, even if I have to crawl. Male lead: ...How did my darling get so ridiculously amazing, like she has a golden finger? Shanshan, you've seen the worst of me, and you accepted me at my worst. Now I've changed for the better, and so many people want me. It seems as if overnight I've become their whole world. But I still remember the hand you reached out to me back then. You were the one who didn't kick me while I was down, the one who reached out and pulled me from the mud. I'll be grateful to you for the rest of my life. A story about a winner returning to childhood. 1. I promise the romance will be sweet and silly. 2. A fictional setting, loosely modeled on the Ming and Qing dynasties. 3. I'll do my best to update daily ^_^ The End. My author page is on the right. If you like it, please add me to your favorites =^^=: Theme: Learn to cherish the people you have.