Our Promise to Meet Again

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Everything happened by chance, and yet it was all so hard to let go.

Shen Congli notices that something seems a little off about his childhood friend Wen Mowei, who's been like this ever since returning from Jiangnan. It's not as if he's been possessed or turned into a different person.

It's more like he's developed a delusion.

First, he inexplicably starts talking to Shen Congli about the Crown Prince of Zijing, praising him as a fairy, a bodhisattva. Do people in Zijing really know how to cast love spells? Shen Congli can hardly stand the lovestruck look on Wen Mowei's face. On top of that, Wen Mowei mentions the Crown Prince every three sentences, until Shen Congli's ears are practically calloused.

Fine, let's put all that aside for now. Shen Congli can comfort himself by insisting Wen Mowei has simply found a dear friend in life whom he particularly admires.

But... is it really necessary to call out his name while drunk, use his name as an excuse to reject a marriage proposal, and have a fortune-teller calculate his and the Crown Prince's compatibility and birth charts...?

Oh, so he's not a dear friend. He's the love of his life!

What Shen Congli finds even more baffling is that Wen Mowei makes no effort to hide his feelings. He's completely open about it. Shen Congli even starts to wonder if Wen Mowei has secretly fallen for a princess instead of a prince. Maybe they're already mutually in love and have pledged themselves to each other, and all that's left is for Wen Mowei to send the betrothal gifts and formal proposal, set a wedding date, and bring him home in a grand sedan chair!

This is driving him crazy.

For the sake of the friendship he and Wen Mowei have had since childhood, Shen Congli has no choice but to pull him back from the brink before he gets in too deep.

"No matter how much you like him, he's still a man. If he were an ordinary person, fine, you could go your separate ways after a brief affair. But with his status, you can't just part on good terms and walk away!" Even though Shen Congli knows Wen Mowei has never fallen for anyone else in all these years, he still can't believe he's really planning to stay with him for good.

Shen Congli waits for Wen Mowei's infatuation to pass, for him to realize it was all just a passing fancy. He waits for him to look back at all those promises of forever, uttered like a fool, and the sweet future he planned by hand, and see those heartfelt declarations of love shatter like a dream.

Until... Shen Congli finally sees the Crown Prince Wen Mowei can't stop thinking about.

"...?!?!! Wen Zhao, you're serious? Your over-the-top act had me thinking you'd just fallen in love and thought he was the most beautiful man in the world!"

He wasn't exaggerating. The Crown Prince really was more stunning than a celestial being descending to earth.

So, for the sake of his childhood friendship with Wen Mowei, Shen Congli helps him come up with a plan, and wishes him luck in becoming a man worthy of a celestial beauty.

Wen Mowei has only just learned that people really can change their tune faster than they can turn a page.

#The gong is hopelessly lovestruck#

#Slow-burn romance#

Historical accuracy enthusiasts, stay away. The author's writing is amateurish.

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