Newlyweds, yet the groom, Yan Mingluo, is sent abroad by the hospital for further training, while the bride, Gu Yiran, flies all over the world, shopping everywhere she goes.
Yan Mingluo often gets credit card notifications for her purchases. Five-figure bills are just a warm-up, and the young doctor can barely make ends meet each month.
Then, after the card had been quiet for a long time, Yan Mingluo sent her a WeChat message.
Yan Mingluo: [What are you doing?]
Gu Yiran: [jpg]
It was a photo. The thumbnail was too small to make out, so he tapped to enlarge it, but it was still loading.
Just then, a coworker sitting beside him suddenly leaned over and asked what he was looking at, staring at his phone for ages.
Yan Mingluo flipped his phone facedown. "Nothing." His voice came out unexpectedly hoarse, and the tips of his ears turned red. He cleared his throat and repeated, "Nothing."
Only after ordering ten privacy screen protectors on Taobao did he realize something and send another WeChat message.
[It's morning in China. Why are you taking a bath at this hour?]
But he got no reply.
So that night, Dr. Yan lay awake, staring at a selfie of his wife on his phone...
Short story, free to read, not contracted.
Theme: Childhood sweethearts, married first and in love later
