The Flowering Season Draws Near

[VB: Curled Fish Tail]

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1.

Xu Moxi opened a flower shop in Kutan Lane on the outskirts of the city. Business was slow, but every day a man in a black suit came to order flowers.

"Our boss asked me to order a bouquet of baby's breath. He says it's for his future wife."

The man always gave the same answer, though he ordered a different kind of flower each time.

"All right."

Xu Moxi smiled as she wrapped the flowers, carefully writing a message of good wishes for him.

As time went by, Xu Moxi began to envy the "wife" he spoke of.

Then one day, a manor in the city that had been under renovation for a long time was finally completed and opened to the public.

Xu Moxi went to see it too. The moment she stepped inside, she was left utterly stunned.

There were dried flowers everywhere by the entrance, all bearing messages of good wishes written in her handwriting.

Among them was one unfamiliar, especially striking message:

"Every day, I put out a fresh flower for you. By the time you set foot here, this place will have become a great garden."

2.

Everyone said that Duan Jiangyu, heir to the Duan family in the north of the city, was calculating and inscrutable. No one could truly get close to him. Anyone he befriended had to be useful to him.

After a while, he came to believe it himself.

But then he noticed someone.

He had just returned from abroad that day, exhausted. Passing by the little flower shop that no one ever visited, he was drawn in by its beautiful design and, for once, stopped to look.

Perhaps his gaze lingered too long. The person inside sensed something was off and poked her head out through the wooden window. Her beautiful eyes fixed on him as she asked gently, "Sir, would you like to buy some flowers?"

"..."

Their eyes met in that instant.

For the first time in decades, an indescribable feeling surged through Duan Jiangyu.

Suddenly, he wanted to keep a little bird, to build her a garden with her at its center.

*Sweet, delicate beauty x a seemingly harmless but secretly shrewd old fox

*The male lead is a powerful figure who falls for the female lead at first sight

*Not realistic fiction, more of a cozy story. I just want to write something a little like a fairy tale, featuring all kinds of flower meanings. Related information comes from Baidu

Coming Soon 1: The Lost Sperm Whale

1.

Mo Lijia lives up to her name: she's the most outstanding student at Wu University, with good looks, excellent grades, and a good family background.

Everyone thinks she'll follow the rules and have a bright future.

She thinks so too.

But then she meets Yi Jingxu, a rebellious, brooding boy.

The first deviation from her path comes when Yi Jingxu catches her with a cheat sheet.

At the time, Yi Jingxu is standing in the doorway. He raises an eyebrow and asks curiously, "Even good students cheat?"

Flustered, she hides the slip of paper behind her back. "It's none of your business."

Yi Jingxu just gives a lazy smile. "You should try something more interesting."

After that, he takes her street racing and gaming, and they watch the sunrise at dawn. Little by little, Mo Lijia begins to stray from the path she was meant to follow.

One day, as the sun rises, the two stand by the surging sea. He grips her hand, his figure nearly blending into the murky darkness. "Don't you think maybe we were made for each other?"

2.

Yi Jingxu is arrogant and unruly, with nothing in common with Mo Lijia, the model student on the school's honor roll.

But one day, he stumbles upon the not-so-secret secret of this well-behaved senior.

He watches her panic, her rich fragrance filling his nostrils.

He suddenly remembers someone saying Mo Lijia is out of everyone's league.

Back then, he scoffed aloud, but inside he wondered what it would feel like to make a good student go bad.

-

A stormy night.

Mo Lijia is pinned against a wall by Yi Jingxu, held so tightly she can't move at all.

He is soaked through, and the only thing that glows red is the cigarette in his hand.

He stares at her, lowers his head for a drag, then breathes the smoke into her mouth, inch by inch. His voice is teasing, yet inexplicably chilling.

"Sis."

Thunder crashes. He kisses the reddened corners of her eyes, irritated by the smoke, then moves to her ear. A trace of tenderness creeps into his voice. "How about you sink into this with me?"

-At first, he is covered in thorns, hoping to drag her into the mire.

-Later, he dies for her, becoming a mottled sperm whale.

*Older woman-younger man romance

*The female lead didn't cheat. It was a misunderstanding

*Their intimate relationship begins only after they are both adults, following the college entrance exams

Coming Soon 2: The Bird That Heralds Spring

1.

Everyone knows that Piao Fenglan is the most dazzling person in the capital, with a bright future and a top-tier family background. Like the blazing sun at the heart of winter, he is the hottest and most radiant of all. He looks down on everyone, and the people around him change one after another. He's a real playboy and a real troublemaker.

Yet somehow, he keeps falling for the same woman over and over.

Watching him carefully preserve the same old photos on his phone year after year, his friend laughs at him. "You were only fooling around. You really kept them all this time?"

Piao Fenglan's response is mild, as carefree as ever.

That's right. Why remember someone who never had eyes for him?

2.

The label Lin Jingchun gets saddled with most often is "Piao Fenglan's ex-girlfriend."

But she considers what they had nothing more than a fleeting affair.

Piao Fenglan is surrounded by admirers and flatterers wherever he goes.

She, on the other hand, is calm and unassuming.

After their breakup, she went abroad and had long since forgotten their relationship.

One day, someone asks her, "Do you still remember Piao Fenglan?"

She only remembers the time they spent together, and every time she thinks of it, her ears grow warm.

But she knows they can never pick up where they left off.

So she only says, "Him? I haven't heard that name in ages."

3.

Later, they meet again on a rainy day. Even though years have passed, Piao Fenglan recognizes Lin Jingchun at once.

At the time, he's sitting in his car, looking at the rain-soaked figure and sneering:

After all these years, she's still such a mess.

Then he blinks, and the figure is gone. No one knows what happened that rainy day, or why Piao Fenglan suddenly decided to turn the entire capital upside down.

And no one knows why, in the depths of winter, Piao Fenglan clutches the person before him and asks again and again, "Lin Jingchun, haven't I treated you well? Why do you always look at someone else?"

Gazing into those dark eyes, Lin Jingchun finally realizes, after all these years, that someone loved her with an undying heart in their youth, shedding blood and building a bridge of love.

*Unrequited love from the male lead, with partial redemption

*Devoted rogue x his white moonlight

Coming Soon 3: An Alluring Deception

1.

On the day she finishes her husband's funeral, a light rain begins to fall. The raindrops hit her face, cold as soaked silk. Jiang Jing walks back with a calm expression, but an umbrella appears over her head at the wrong moment.

She looks up and meets a pair of dark eyes.

His figure blocks out the wind and rain, and his eyes fill her entire field of vision.

"Miss Jiang, it's been a long time."

The man's voice is low, and his gaze shifts between light and shadow.

Looking at his face, Jiang Jing feels something indescribable rise in her heart.

Predatory, cold, and savage: that is the impression of him etched into Jiang Jing's bones.

The man whose affection she once squandered without a care is standing before her again.

2.

Jiang Jing knows what Luo Yi is capable of, so she plans to leave the city that very night.

When she boards the plane, she breathes a sigh of relief. But the very next moment, the plane is held up for some reason.

In the waiting hall, she sees him again. Amid the clamor, all she can hear is her own heartbeat. He smiles at her, cool and indifferent, his gaze careless as he looks at her through the crowd. "Jiang Jing, do you think you're very clever?"

That night, he forces her to stay at his private residence. Her crescent-moon dress spreads across the floor, soaked in red wine and steeped in deep, tender sensuality.

Jiang Jing glances at the man seated before her, a man in a position of power, and asks in a lonely voice, "What will it take for you to let me go?"

Luo Yi lowers his eyes and leans forward. The temperature between them rises rapidly. He hooks a finger into her necklace and lazily draws her toward him, making his suggestive intent clear.

"When you abandoned me back then, you should have considered that a day like this might come."

By then, Jiang Jing understands that she can never escape his trap.

If she could turn back time, she would never have provoked him.

One person after another rushes toward him, while she is the one who most wants to get away.

*An unconventional second-chance romance

*Beautiful woman x dangerous man

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