"There was a beautiful flower. A huge rock pressed down on it, but it fought its way free and bloomed, reaching up toward the sun. Can you imagine it? Such a beautiful, resilient flower, and Heaven let it grow right beside me! I... can I plant it in my heart?"
Tang Yi graduated from Tsinghua University's Department of Mechanical Engineering. He can fly a plane. He's amazing.
Jian Rongqing studied at Cambridge's "Gold-Plating Department"... He's not graduated yet, and he's a tenth-term cadet at the Whampoa Military Academy.
Older seme, happy ending. The seme is an honest, down-to-earth young soldier from a wealthy family; the uke is a charming, refined, quick-witted young man.
A story set during the War of Resistance Against Japan, with a relatively realistic background. The author has researched and verified the details. There may be some errors in places, but there's nothing I can do about that...
The author isn't very good at math, though, so I might get the years wrong...
The books I mainly referenced are... I don't think I can list them here.
The uke is sexually assaulted by a villain. There are about five chapters of angst. Read with caution.
But the rest is definitely sweet, I promise! The author loves sweet things, after all.
Core message: I really am writing a story about the War of Resistance Against Japan!