Stars and Fireworks

[The complete novel was finished on June 15, 2021]

① Bai Yan, the feisty little pepper of the investment banking world, boasts that she’s “been through every flower garden without so much as brushing a leaf,” only to fall for a refined, gentle, vegetarian man.

Colleague A: Hey, hey, who’s that handsome guy in the boss’s office?

Colleague B: Isn’t he the physical therapist the company just hired?

Colleague C: When have you ever seen the boss blush during a therapy session?

In the office, Bai Yan grimaces in pain. The doctor’s cool voice comes from above her head: “Endocrine disorder.”

Bai Yan looks back with teary eyes and meets Song Tinglan’s icy gaze.

The man is dressed in a pristine white shirt... Bai Yan can’t take her eyes off him.

② The only son of the Song family returns home to take over their century-old business, and people from all over Xuncheng line up to arrange marriages with him.

Dressed in a dazzling gown, Bai Yan single-handedly ruins every one of Song Tinglan’s matchmaking dates.

Holding a cat, Song Tinglan looks at Bai Yan with an amused smile. “This time, are you here for treatment or to cause trouble?”

Bai Yan reaches out. The scar at the base of her thumb healed ten years ago.

“Your cat bit me. You have to take responsibility for me.”

The gentle and cool Doctor Song VS the beautiful Bai Yan, who says one thing and means another

- “I don’t want to be just a flash of light in your heart. I want to be the eternal stars filling the sky after your fireworks have faded.”

- May every idealist who searches for the stars with a solitary lantern be seen and understood.

May every soul battered by half a lifetime of wind and snow find the one who is devoted to them, and recognize them from afar.

Coming soon: Spring Breeze Turns to Sugar

① When Yu Jingfeng first meets Su Tang, the little girl is curled up like an abandoned kitten in a dark hallway, ignored by everyone.

A quarter of an hour later, the door opposite opens, and a boy brings her a steaming bowl of noodles.

Su Tang looks up and memorizes his eyes, dark and deep as ink.

She takes two coins from her schoolbag, presses them into Yu Jinfeng’s palm, then runs off with the bowl.

People tease that Su Tang, who has no one to rely on, has found herself a long-term meal ticket. Yu Jingfeng explains coolly, “She’s my little sister.”

Su Tang seems to understand and softly calls him “big brother.”

Her voice is like a kitten’s paw scratching at his heart, though Yu Jinfeng can’t explain why it bothers him.

② Yu Jingfeng, the pride of Rongcheng, returns home. Across the crowd, Su Tang sees a young woman standing shoulder to shoulder with him.

People say the woman is a famous war correspondent and Yu Jingfeng’s fiancée.

This time, Su Tang doesn’t call Yu Jingfeng “big brother.” She turns and walks away.

③ When Yu Jingfeng finds Su Tang again, the little girl has grown into a graceful young woman with rosy cheeks and red lips, but there is no longer any admiration for him in her eyes.

“Come home with me.” Yu Jingfeng’s brows are full of menace as he blocks Su Tang’s suitor at the door.

Two rings fall into his palm. Su Tang lowers her head. “Yu Jingfeng, I’m giving you back the heart you stole from me ten years ago.”

- Spring breezes turn to sugar, and one glance lasts a lifetime. A major general and diplomat serving abroad VS a painter.

- One-on-one romance. “Brother and sister” is just a form of address. They have no blood or family relationship.

Theme: Idealists searching for the stars with a solitary lantern