The Name of a Rose

[A Second Chance at a Happy Ending / 1v1 HE / Sweet Romance]

The name of a rose, unknown to anyone. The seventh year I've loved you.

Romance is the wind, the flowers, the snow, the moon, my stubborn longing, and the echo that finally answers.

One day, Zhao Fengqiu loses the photo she always carries. It shows a rose.

She searches every inch of the filming site, and finally finds it with Yu Yingchun.

Zhao Fengqiu goes to get it back, but Yu Yingchun asks, "Wasn't the flower meant for me?"

"Not the photo. You didn't want the rose I gave you, and it withered long ago. This rose is mine."

"How can you prove it's yours?" Yu Yingchun asks, deliberately making things difficult.

Zhao Fengqiu says, "It has a name, on the back."

The seventh year I've loved you.

Signed, Zhao Fengqiu.

Zhao Fengqiu lowers her head and adds, "You're not my boyfriend. If you were, I'd give it to you."

Yu Yingchun says, "Tsk. After all these years, you still haven't improved at pursuing someone."

The next day, Zhao Fengqiu receives a huge bouquet of roses. Someone says, "Zhao Fengqiu, my rose has a name too: Loving Zhao Fengqiu for a hundred years."

"The sound of the train whistle was indeed faint, and it was hard to tell whether I heard it or not. I love you just as I love that whistle."

Haruki Murakami

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"Pretty Fool"

Huo Yilou is twenty-eight when he suddenly learns that his family arranged a marriage for him when he was a child. The other person is named Mu Yan.

Huo Yilou has a terrible impression of Mu Yan, summed up in four words: pretty fool.

One night, Mu Yan gets lost while driving and calls Huo Yilou for help, her voice close to tears. "Huo... Huo Yilou, come save me. I'm lost."

Huo Yilou checks the time. It's three in the morning.

"Where are you?"

"I... I don't know. QAQ"

Huo Yilou: "..."

Huo Yilou flies into a rage. "Are you out of your mind? You drove around until you got lost at three in the morning?"

But he can't just leave this pretty fool stranded, so Huo Yilou has no choice but to drive out and get her.

When he arrives, Huo Yilou gives her a long, furious tongue-lashing.

Mu Yan listens with her head bowed, looking pitiful. At last, she says in a small voice, "I... I bought you a cake. I was going to give it to you, but... It's past midnight and your birthday is over now, but happy birthday."

Huo Yilou thinks he's even more of a fool. He's fallen for a pretty fool like her.

Sweet, gentle girl x finicky, difficult man

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"A Hundred Years of Happiness"

As a girl, Ye Mi is ordinary in every way. She likes reading romance novels and writes in her diary about herself and Huo Xinglou, the most popular guy at school.

Somehow, her diary gets out, and eventually ends up in Huo Xinglou's hands.

That very day, Huo Xinglou has someone bring Ye Mi to him and confronts her, sentence by sentence, as if interrogating a criminal.

Feeling guilty, and with her parents now divorced, Ye Mi leaves with her mother to live far away.

She thinks she'll never see Huo Xinglou again, but on the very day she changes jobs, she runs into him.

Huo Xinglou looks over her resume, lets out a cold laugh, and appoints her as his personal secretary.

Ye Mi thinks Huo Xinglou wants to kill her to keep her quiet, and begs, "President Huo, I'm sorry. I was young and foolish back then. I didn't mean to."

She looks up and meets his gaze. He wears a smile that may or may not be a smile. "What was it called? A Hundred Years of Happiness, right? You certainly have an imagination. Go on, keep writing. Make sure you give it a proper ending."

#Who knew President Huo had that kind of a kink#

#I like you, but you think I like reading trashy Mary Sue stories#

Theme: As long as you have hope in your heart, you'll reach the end of even the hardest road.