Misty Rain Street

[Completed. The next story, "Climbing Stars and Plucking the Moon," opens October 4. Please add it to your reading list~]

No. 17 Misty Rain Street is both an address and a coffee shop. It has a tranquil, pleasant atmosphere, an outstanding barista, and a beauty with delicate, picturesque features.

Chi He made watching her brew coffee his favorite way to unwind, and topped up his account with over ten thousand yuan.

Until one day, he spotted the birthmark on the back of her neck.

Taking advantage of being a regular, he approached her and struck up a conversation. "Have we met before?"

The beauty tilted her head, a mischievous smile appearing on her face. "There's a betting pool in Top Scholar Lane about when you'll recognize me. What do you think, did I win or lose?"

The defining traits of Rongjiang Literature's copyright mogul, Crane Immortal of Mount He: grand settings, delicate prose, and terrible romance.

Then one day, he suddenly started writing a romance novel, and countless people speculated that he was about to fall from grace and ruin his good name forever.

On the first day of filming for the adaptation of his novel, Chi He, the author known as Crane Immortal, updated his Weibo and posted a photo of a radiant beauty, smugly announcing, "A handsome guy has a girlfriend now [doge]."

Readers: "? What, you're actually not gay!"

Zhu Yu: "? The author I've been following really is a man, and he's my boyfriend? And I've even shipped him with someone else?"

Chi He: "...That's a lot to process. I feel so cucked."

"When I see you again, with a smile, with delight; when I speak of you, with affection, with longing." - Chi He

#Toy Designer · Acclaimed Author · Neighborly Big Brother Who Can Cook x Makes Little Desserts · Barista · Beautiful, Elegant Neighbor Girl#

#The childhood girl next door grew up to be a beauty, and I didn't recognize her#

Reader advisory:

1. This story is entirely fictional. Please don't associate it with real-life details. The author has invented a mountain of settings. This is a novel, so please don't get hung up on the worldbuilding. If it's not to your taste, feel free to leave. There are countless great stories on Jinjiang, and one is bound to suit you!

2. References include The Art of Handcrafted Coffee, The Complete Book of Coffee, Classic Toys of the World, and related websites. Please point out any errors kindly. You don't need to announce that you're dropping the story, and please don't make personal attacks =_=

3. Other completed stories in this series include Year After Year, Pines and Bamboo, Winter Should Be, and Little Fullness, Just Right. Find them in my author's page~

4. This story will enter VIP status tomorrow (August 5). Thank you for your support~

Next up: Climbing Stars and Plucking the Moon

Blurb:

Zhao Qingyan first met Sheng Mingyue during the Mid-Autumn Festival, after passing the entrance exam for a key high school at fifteen. It was his first visit to the Sheng residence, where he went to see Mr. Sheng, who had supported him for years.

At the time, he was an orphan of unknown parentage from an orphanage, with nothing to his name.

She was a pampered heiress, dressed in fine clothes and surrounded by luxuries. Her hair was styled like a princess's, and she knew nothing of life's hardships.

Leaning over the second-floor railing, she looked down at him with innocent curiosity. "Are you Zhao Qingyan? Hey, did you know I chose your name?"

That day, she gave him a moon-shaped lantern for the festival.

The lantern accompanied him as he left the orphanage and embarked on the path of study and medicine. Years later, it found its way back to her.

When they met again, he had become the face of thoracic surgery, both for his skill and his looks. Young, promising, and with a bright future, he was known as "Zhao the One-Cut."

She taught and inspired students from a lectern at the medical school, calm and composed, and her students called her "the most beautiful lecturer in the School of Basic Medical Sciences."

They ran into each other at a pork stall early one morning.

"I'm buying a piece of fatty pork for them to practice suturing on. What about you?"

"They don't have enough pig hearts for the anatomy lab, so I'm here to buy a few more."

"I crawled up from the bottom, covered in mud, so I could stand shoulder to shoulder with the moon." - Zhao Qingyan

#Poor Boy x Rich, Beautiful Heiress#

#Thoracic Surgery's Handsome Star Surgeon x The School of Basic Medical Sciences' Most Beautiful Lecturer#

Theme: Everyone will meet the right person for them.