Love and the Return of an Old Friend

Blurb:

A righteous duty keeps private love apart; feelings lead me back to an old friend.

[The Nonsense Version]

A peculiar young woman suddenly appears at the Hundred Flowers Pavilion in Chang'an. Unusual in both appearance and manner, she is unmatched in talent and beauty. Before long, she becomes the talk of Chang'an, drawing endless speculation about her origins. By chance, I encounter her while traveling incognito, fall in love at first sight, and we meet and get to know each other...

[The Serious Version]

A Lou Zi fanfic based on Fantasy Sanguozhi 4 (Lou Che x Zi Cheng), about Lou Zi and raising a child.

Things to know before you start:

1. No matter how unbelievable the content may seem, please trust that this is a genuine Lou Zi story, not some Mary Sue romance. Lou Zi cannot be split up or reversed.

2. This is my attempt at writing a story where "Lou Zi never appears, yet everything is Lou Zi" through indirect description. The protagonists will, of course, appear after enough groundwork has been laid.

3. So far, I haven't found a complete Lou Zi story about raising a child, so I decided to write one myself.

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