My surname is Tu.
Tu, as in Turgenev; Su, as in Su Causeway; Yang, as in blazing sun, that thing right above your head!
Tu Suyang: Sis, I don't like men.
I just like Gong Cheng.
Little Immortal: You're only after the novelty. I advise you not to get involved with Gong Cheng, or else...
Tu Suyang turned around and said, "Sis, Gong Cheng doesn't know. Can you keep it a secret for me?"
Gong Cheng decided to return the ring. After all, he wasn't family, so what was the point of keeping it...
Su He: Suyang had it ready back then, but stubbornly hid it from me. It was too big, so I wrapped some cotton thread around it.
Little Immortal: Keep it for yourself. It's yours, so why are you so eager to give it away?
Gong Cheng unwound the red cotton thread from the ring, one loop at a time, and slipped it onto his ring finger.
It fit perfectly.
On the back of the photo of himself and Gong Cheng on Su Causeway, Tu Suyang wrote in pen: My beloved.
P.S. 1. Smooth-talking, imaginative top: Tu Suyang X says one thing but means another bottom: Gong Cheng
2. Mpreg, stream of consciousness + explicit scenes. The ending follows the characters' paths in keeping with the times.
3. The story is told using parallel timelines, with two main storylines.
Odd-numbered chapters: Gong Cheng X Fang Miutian; even-numbered chapters: Tu Suyang X Gong Cheng.
Revising the story. Once the revisions are done, I'll mark it complete and fill in anything that needs adding.
Theme: In a turbulent era, give up one's home for one's country
River Crab-Baidu-AiDian-Han Ban