Today, Fan Zi'an, the younger son of a merchant family in the south, is marrying Lin Yijun, the younger daughter of Staff Officer Lin of Yanjing.
First, may our love last forever and never change.
Second, may all go well and bring peace to our hearts.
Third, may our home be filled with children and grandchildren, blessed with good fortune.
Fourth, may we grow old together and share countless happy years.
Life in an aristocratic household is often heartless, and its children are often helpless.
Their seemingly peaceful life is on the verge of collapse. A storm of war will reduce everything to ashes.
1
That early autumn, she smiled brightly and took his arm, teasing him: "I'm pregnant. The baby can't grow up without a father."
"Nonsense!" He shot a glance at the person beside him and retorted, "I've never touched you. How could there be a baby?"
"You did. You touched me in a dream last night."
A barely perceptible blush crept across his face. After a long while, all he managed to say was, "Lin Yijun, have you no shame?"
2
That winter, as snow fell, she looked despondent. He held her tight, kissed her forehead, and gently comforted her. "I would love you no matter what you became. I'd love you as a bird, and I'd love you as a cat. I'd even love you as an old lady weaving and embroidering in Nanluo. I fell for you the first moment I saw you in Rochester, and I wanted to marry you. Yijun, all you have to do is trust me."
Caught in the midst of it, they were all powerless to choose their own fate.
Content warnings:
1. Angsty period drama.
2. Tragedy.
Please add my completed campus novel Falling Into Your Arms to your reading list!
This is the story that follows it.
[Blurb]
1
Lu Yixing has a crush on Lin Weizhi, even though her best friend, Qian Yiru, calls him "selfish," "cold-blooded," "sharp-tongued, ugly-tempered," and a "total creep."
But... when did she start liking him?
Honestly, she can't say.
When she told Qian Yiru this "secret," Qian Yiru nearly blew her top.
That night, Qian Yiru sent Lin Weizhi a text: Lin Weizhi, I hate you!
After a long pause, he replied: ?
Qian Yiru: It's nothing. I do whatever I want.
Meanwhile, Lin Weizhi was drying his freshly washed hair with a towel. He looked at the baffling text on his phone and muttered, "What a nutcase."
He tossed his phone onto the bed and went downstairs to dry his hair.
Qian Yiru silently lamented: What a twisted fate! A twisted fate she couldn't stop, no matter how hard she tried!
2
Lin Weizhi, the top student in his year at Hanzhou Middle School, has a "childhood sweetheart" he grew up with: Qian Yiru.
They match in intelligence and looks, and know each other's family backgrounds inside out. But they just don't click and can't stand each other. Meanwhile, her best friend, who transferred into their class, seems kind of interesting.
Everyone has secrets, and Lin Weizhi is no exception.
At the amusement park, Lin Weizhi asked Lu Yixing about her late father for the first time.
Looking downcast, Lu Yixing said, "A car accident. The other driver was drunk."
"Were they arrested?"
"Yes," Lu Yixing said, staring at her white canvas shoes. "They were sentenced. At the police station, they knelt on the floor and cried, apologizing to us."
"You must hate them," he said.
"What good would that do...? There's nothing to hate. Something terrible just happened to us by chance."
It was the first time Lin Weizhi realized that someone could do something he himself couldn't.
3
The homeroom teacher of Class Six at Hanzhong had been getting a headache lately. His prized student was going through emotional ups and downs, and his expressions were becoming increasingly varied, all because of the new transfer student in the class: Lu Yixing.
The teacher called Lin Weizhi into the office and voiced his disapproval of his recent behavior. "Are you dating Lu Yixing?"
Lin Weizhi was silent for two seconds, then smiled and replied, "Yes."
Suddenly, he added, "Don't tell her. She doesn't know."
??? The teacher was left completely bewildered.
[Silly Lu Yixing! Do you even know you're dating someone?]
Happy ending. Campus romance.
Theme: Treasure the present and live in the moment.
