Dreaming of Yellow Millet

[Next novel: Sudden Rain on the Parasol Trees] Blurb: [A playboy gets conned, then pays her to boot] The night Yan Chen handed Liang Feng over to Shen Yizhou, she tore up all those old photographs with him. "Don't mention it," Yan Chen said with a smile. "If you make it big someday, don't forget me." Liang Feng quietly watched the photos burn and said softly, "Yan Chen, when you die, you'll be alone." Yan Chen brushed a finger over her shoulder, unfazed. "I'll take that as a good omen." Not long afterward, Shen Yizhou proposed to Liang Feng. On the day she went to try on wedding dresses, Yan Chen cornered her in the fitting room. "You look beautiful." His eyes crinkled with a smile as he reached to touch her chin. The next second, his fingers clamped down hard, his voice icy. "Take it off!" Liang Feng stared at him coldly. "Who do you think you are?" Yan Chen's gaze turned icy. He smiled. "Still dreaming your little golden dream? If Shen Yizhou knew about our past, knew that you only got close to him to escape your own misery, do you think he'd still marry you?" Liang Feng reached for his wrist, about to speak, when the fitting room door was suddenly kicked open. The slap landed without an ounce of mercy, knocking Yan Chen hard to the floor. Liang Feng stared in alarm at Shen Yizhou, who had burst in. The color drained from her face. "You heard all that?" she asked softly, her whole body cold. Shen Yizhou lowered his eyes and wiped the blood from his hand. He smiled. "I heard." Liang Feng's heart sank. But then he pulled her into his arms with his other hand and said softly: "Once you're Mrs. Shen, I'll never let you suffer again." - That day, she used up all her oxygen underwater. In the quiet ripples, she saw him dive down toward her. Then her brain, starved of oxygen, sank into a haze. She experienced suffocation, death, love, and him with startling ease. In a daze, she heard a distant song repeating in her ears: "The more beautiful something is, the more I must not touch it" "Afraid the tragedy will happen again" --"My fate, my fate" Lyrics from Hidden Surge Reading guide: One-line summary: A playboy gets conned, then pays her to boot. Male lead: Shen Yizhou Neither lead is a virgin; melodramatic romance. --- [Pre-release: Sudden Rain on the Parasol Trees, add it to your collection~] --- Wu Tong: "You know murder is against the law, right?" Zhang Zhou: "I know." Wu Tong: "What's the name of the person you want to kill?" Zhang Zhou: "Wu Tong." - Every time Zhang Zhou meets Wu Tong, he falls in love with her all over again. (Heroine: Wu Tong) Theme: Sincerity for sincerity