My Boyfriend Is a Tree

Early one morning, Li Shuqing falls from the seventh floor and snaps three large branches off the cypress tree below. The tree in question: I have no idea what happened. I was just minding my own business when he suddenly fell out of the sky. Li Shuqing: It’s your fault. Why were you growing there in the first place? Tree: …? Li Shuqing hasn’t entirely lost his conscience, so he compensates the one who saved his life. He pays it back, and it keeps him company. Somehow, they end up as two people sharing a home, three meals a day, and every season together. Something’s not right. Li Shuqing opens an AI app and asks whether a human-tree romance is possible. He wants to know if it’s normal for a person to fall in love with a tree. Before he can finish typing, he lets go of the voice input button. What’s the big deal? He was never all that normal to begin with. Li Shuqing: It’s your fault. If you were human, I’d be in love with a human. Qin Zhao: …? Li Shuqing: Do you like me? Qin Zhao opens his mouth to answer, but can’t find the right words. Li Shuqing: Got it. Do you want to keep sharing meals with me for the rest of your life? Qin Zhao smiles and nods. Simple meals, and love as steady as ever. A lazy, depressed shut-in and his tiny cypress-tree ancestor spirit * A simple, ordinary story about everyday food, with no fancy dining, no dramatic twists, and not much in the way of logic. Theme: We all have a bright future