A Rose Folds the Moon

On a branch of the cherry tree. Each year, new ink covers the old, and the words are always the same. [I hope Mr. Gu will notice me this year.] Deep down, Song Song knows that even being able to write this year after year is already a wishful dream. Next year, she won't write it anymore. - [This year, I got together with Mr. Gu.] They had been together for only two months when Song Song learned the truth. She stared at her wrist as her eyes slowly reddened. "Why does Mr. Gu like me wearing red?" "Mr. Gu doesn't have to take responsibility for that night." - Ever since he chose her and paid for her schooling, she had been nothing but a fake red rose, standing in for the cinnabar mole in his heart. - Even Gu Min, the most ascetic young master in Jingyu City, had succumbed to worldly desires. Everyone teased him and asked what was going on. Gu Min stared at his empty wrist for a long time. The corners of his eyes curved slightly, but his expression was desolate. He said nothing. After a while, he murmured, "I want so badly to marry her." The winter wind in Linyin was bitterly cold. He stood all night waiting for his girl. He had never been so humble before. "Do you want me to come over?" "...I want to come over." "I want to see you." "...I'm afraid you'll want to see me one day." [Blurb screenshot archived on 2021.12.11] Preorder: A Happy Encounter Stone-faced cutie x shameless, purehearted, lovesick lunatic Her mother nagged and pleaded until she agreed to go on a blind date. Yun Xi sat down, still catching her breath, and said coldly, "My requirements: cook, do housework, have children, raise them, be tall..." A pair of well-defined hands reached across the table, poured her tea, and gently pushed it toward her. A lazy, low voice said, "Slow down." Yun Xi paused. She lifted her eyes to the man across from her. He had refined, indifferent features, with thin eyelids and a casual lift of his brow, as if telling her to go on. Yun Xi looked at him and silently swallowed the rest: tall, handsome, fit, big butt, good at having children. She lifted her tea, took a sip, and calmly said, "That's all for now." The man still sounded lazy. "Anything but having children. If medical technology ever gets there, I can carry them myself." "You can accept a child-free marriage, and the man getting a vasectomy?" He slid the menu over to her and answered casually, "Sure." Yun Xi had somewhere to be and was eager to leave, but since he had agreed to all her requirements, she picked up her bag and stood. She said perfunctorily, "All right, you've passed the interview. There's a three-month trial period. Can you accept that?" The man lifted his chin and reached for the phone and car keys on the table. "Want a ride?" "...No, I drove here." That night. Amid her mother's endless phone calls, Yun Xi remembered that blind date. She checked WeChat, but the chat window was empty. What a pro. Maybe next time she went on a blind date, she could learn from him and play dumb to get out of it. At their next meeting, Shi Feng calmly tossed a vasectomy report in front of her again. Yun Xi: ? What are you doing?! Theme: You deserve all the love in the world.