At sixteen, Shen Shishan was planning to drop out of school when she met a young woman.
The woman wore a shirt and glasses. Her refined, scholarly elegance stood out all the more at the dusty, dilapidated train station.
Shen Shishan waved the lodging flyer in her hand, balanced a plastic bag full of assorted drinks, and hurried straight over.
During the week they spent together, the woman listened to her troubles, went herb-gathering with her, and taught her to read...
When she left, all she left behind was a letter promising to fund Shen Shishan's education.
The woman was gone, but Shen Shishan could not forget her.
She could not forget the woman standing outside the cramped bamboo house, hair swept up, her clear, cool eyes fixed on Shen Shishan.
Water dripped into the wooden basin, and into her heart.
Determined to see her again, Shen Shishan gritted her teeth, held her nose, and went back to school.
And she stayed in school for six years.
Shen Shishan grew up trying to become like the woman in her memories, but she never saw her again.
Not until a job interview years later.
Shen Shishan pushed open the door and saw the elegant woman in the seat of honor, adjusting her glasses as she read through the documents.
At the sound, the woman capped her fountain pen, raised her eyes, and gazed at Shen Shishan with the same clear, cool look.
She looked just as she did in Shen Shishan's memories.
*
At twenty-six, Wen Shu was out to clear her mind when she happened to sponsor a girl.
The girl had lost her mother when she was young, and her family members were disabled. She said there was no point in going to school, yet could not take her eyes off her peers carrying schoolbags.
Fresh out of college and feeling generous, Wen Shu made her the first student she ever sponsored. With no experience, she left only a letter promising financial support and laid down three rules:
First, the funding could only be used for the recipient's necessary education and living expenses, and could not be used for any other purpose.
Second, if the recipient was found to have a problem with her moral character, the funding would be stopped immediately.
Third, the recipient and sponsor could have no relationship beyond that of sponsor and recipient.
Their brief week together left no deep impression on Wen Shu. She never imagined that one day she would personally revise the rules she had set, yielding again and again until she added a fourth clause to the sponsorship letter:
None of the above rules apply to Shen Shishan.
Proud philanthropist and entrepreneur x stubborn special education teacher
Younger, devoted puppy love for an older woman, finally becoming real
Ten-year age gap
Tip: Wen Shu has had a former girlfriend. She truly loved her, and they did everything couples do.
This was already noted in the blurb. Please don't bring up the question of whether the characters are pure or not in Chapter One. I don't like defining characters as pure or impure.
Let's respect each other. Thank you.
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Blurb written in the early hours of June 3, 2023
[Coming soon: Will We Ever Go Back to the Past? Please add it to your collection~]
Blurb:
1.
Mi Yuxin loved Chen Jizhu for fourteen whole years.
After years of devoted waiting, she finally heard Chen Jizhu say, “We're right for each other.”
Their time as a couple had its sweet moments, but most of the time they were troubled by the daily grind.
In their seventh year together, worried that Chen Jizhu would forget to eat while working overtime, Mi Yuxin braved the rain to bring her dinner, only to find Chen Jizhu wiping the corner of a young woman's mouth.
Mi Yuxin had not seen that tenderness and affection in her for years.
She turned around in a daze and crossed the street. As she looked back, headlights blinded her, and she was hit by a car.
When she woke up again, she had returned to fourteen years earlier. She had not met Chen Jizhu yet, and there was still time to change everything.
Mi Yuxin, her heart covered in scars, wanted nothing more to do with Chen Jizhu, but then she encountered Shen Tongfeng, who should not have appeared at this point in time.
*
On the night Mi Yuxin died, two people fell apart.
One was Chen Jizhu, the girlfriend who shared her bed but not her heart. The other was Shen Tongfeng, her college classmate.
For Chen Jizhu, it was the longest night of her life.
She watched Mi Yuxin, covered in blood, being rushed into the emergency room, then curled up in a corner of the corridor, sobbing uncontrollably.
Shen Tongfeng arrived in a hurry and grabbed Chen Jizhu by the collar, pulling her to her feet. She choked back sobs for a long time, but did not say a word.
2.
Shen Tongfeng was a strange person: cold, rarely showing any emotion, and seemingly uninterested in everything.
The most daring thing she ever did for someone she liked was write a graduation message and give her a flower as a friend.
The year Mi Yuxin graduated from college, she received a magnolia from Shen Tongfeng, along with a card that read:
“Each on our own road, we strive; though a thousand miles apart, we share the same wind.”
A thousand miles apart, the same wind.
Seven years later, on the rainy night Mi Yuxin died, Shen Tongfeng leaped from a high-rise with her arms spread wide, as if she could ride the wind.
Reborn, Mi Yuxin finally had time to look back on more of the details.
The phrase “a thousand miles apart, the same wind” had been a secret promise, hidden beneath the magnolia's flower language of everlasting friendship.
The song she sang on the athletic field had been a quiet farewell.
This meeting after her rebirth was probably the secret admirer’s final act of devotion.
If you could choose again, would you be friends or lovers?
Mi Yuxin was just as confused as she was.
Looking at her strange roommate, Mi Yuxin reached out and poked her fresh-faced, clean cheek.
Shen Tongfeng caught her fingertip, pushed her fingers open, then interlaced them one by one.
[Broken relationship, not getting back together / Blurb written at 5:21 a.m. on July 8, 2024]
Theme: No matter how much we waver, all we want is to choose you for good.
My Hated Stepsister Became a Teacher
Inheriting Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains
After I Accidentally Crushed My Wife's Grave
The Taoist Priest Isn’t Going Down the Mountain Today
Final Countdown
Spirit Communication
The Tragic-Novel Heroine Wants to Marry Me (GL)
The Bankrupt Actress's Quest to Win Back Her Wife
Yuri Side Story
My Roommate Says She'd Rather Break Than Bend
After I Coaxed My Secret Crush into Moving In, GL
I Draw My Wife by Hand
Teacher Xiao Yang's writing is so good. No matter if you are working in a hot pot restaurant during the next year, you will always smell like hot pot. I still sleep in the mall at night. It is poignant and down-to-earth, and I have a careful observation of life, including the president of the year, who is arrogant and lively. It is also the first time I have read the article and come into contact with the special education industry, including Xiao Han. The main characters are all portrayed in a three-dimensional way. I can see the creation of a story that is beyond ordinary CEO articles. It is refreshing and I like it very much. I look forward to the teacher's next book! 🐰
Oh my god, I saw the treasure article. The writing style and settings of this article are really amazing
It's beautiful, it's written in detail, and the plot is very relevant. It comes slowly and naturally, and it's not as exaggerated as some others. It's worth recommending.
It's a super good-looking article. It's not watery or overdone. The author's articles are so to my liking. I'll continue to read them.
It's beautiful, I read it in one sitting
Still read it in one sitting! So beautiful
So delicious... I'm going to read the next one...
I think it's well written. Would it be better to change the title of the book?
Why doesn't it show that I have fully booked it?
Good article, good article, but was delayed by the title. The more I read, the more I read. The emotional line is not abrupt, and the writing is very delicate.