Brownian Motion

[Major rewrite of the whole story in progress]

[Don't read this, the whole story is being rewritten]

When Xiao Xingxi was young, she thought life was all cooking smoke, kitchen stoves, firewood, rice, oil, and salt. As a student, all she needed to do was keep her head down and work through practice problems.

Back then, she walked to school along a cement path. It took only two hours to cross the whole town. She never imagined that beyond the old apartment buildings around her stood twin skyscrapers reaching straight into the clouds.

It wasn't until she gave it her all and got into university with the highest score in her school that she realized studying geography could take you all over the country, and studying physics could take you to experimental research bases.

The world was vast. It took two hours just to walk around campus.

One winter, during an internship, she followed her teacher up one of the city's twin skyscrapers. Looking down at the undulating sea of advection fog and the traffic that looked like toy cars, she suddenly realized that she had truly left her hometown behind.

The bluestone paths, streams, vendors' cries, and ocher-colored school buildings of her hometown faded into a distant dream.

If that was the case, then it was probably only natural for someone to lose their way amid all the glitter and bustle.

But I've never believed that students from small towns who excel at exams are only good for studying and taking tests. No one understands the meaning of striving and working hard better than we do.

Chang'e flies to the moon, Jiaolong dives into the sea. As fate and the future race ahead, it is up to us to drive this era forward.

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Content warnings:

The female lead has prior sexual experience; the male lead does not.

The story spans a long period and is a slow burn.

After breaking up with her scumbag ex-boyfriend, the female lead has several relationships. She is widowed later in the story.

During the female lead's marriage, the couple share a loving, healthy, and normal relationship. The male lead takes his place in the end.

One-to-one relationships during each stage.

The ex-husband and the male lead are both saintly, unattainable first-love types who are eager to sacrifice themselves.

They have different personalities. The male lead is not a substitute for anyone.

No shipping wars: the male lead has already been chosen and remains in the background throughout the story.

Imperfect protagonists. The female lead's understanding of the world evolves through several stages as she grows. Her relationships are messy and casual in the middle of the story: sex without emotional attachment.

Please don't attack the female lead.

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[Coming soon] Silent Starry Sky, a modern sweet romance

Arrogant, willful heiress × scheming, devoted researcher

Qin Qixiang had a crush on Zhou Zhuo. That was in the past.

Zhou Zhuo has had a crush on Qin Qixiang all this time.

Typhoon. Rainy night. Suite.

Trapped in one room, they indulge in one night of passion.

Having finally fulfilled a long-held desire, she plans to leave without a backward glance.

She doesn't know that he watched her fall in love and waited for them to break up.

Their absurd reunion now isn't a coincidence. He has been planning it all, step by step.

She thinks he's the rarest prey she's ever managed to catch.

Only later does she learn that he used himself as bait, luring her into a gilded cage.

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I thought you were the one regret I could never let go of. I never imagined you were waiting for me to turn back all along.

There are no coincidences in this world. I love you, but cannot have you, so I've schemed for you with all my heart.

Theme: Life never stops.