Wax Apple: Green Pomegranate, Side Story Two

Name: Wax Apple: Green Pomegranate, Side Story Two
Author: Lin Qinnian

莲雾《绿石榴》番外二

by Lin Qinnian (林擒年)

Status: Completed
Length: 15k Words
Genre: Danmei (BL)
Era: Modern Era
Updated: 11y ago
Source: JJWXC

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Synopsis

Ye Liang never knew the scientific name of this fruit was wax apple. Where he came from, people usually called it a water peach. Add the word "water" before peach, and it sounds delicate and tender, less ethereal and more grounded in the earthly world. Water-peach, see? Doesn't that sound more real? The pink, bell-shaped fruit tastes nowhere near as good as its name suggests. When unripe, it is just bitter enough to set your teeth on edge, and even when ripe, it is more sour than sweet. Few people like it. It flowers every year during the plum rains, and the fruit ripens in July, hanging in clusters from the branches, changing from green to red, then from red to purple, before finally falling and mixing with the dust, where people tread on it. Its flowers are plain, its fruit is not sweet, and it has little to boast of, except for its faint, lovely fragrance. Theme: