On the day I set our wedding date with my current boyfriend, I went back to my family home to pack my things.
On my way out, I threw the birthday present "he" had given me in my senior year of high school into the neighborhood trash can.
It was a tiny crystal ball, small enough to fit in one hand.
Thinking back to the first time we met, we were both a complete mess.
It was as if lemons had washed the whole sky in color, the sunset clouds were ablaze, and my heartbeat thundered in my ears.
Back then, the internet was still underdeveloped. A mistakenly added QQ contact, birthday wishes we missed year after year, and rain pouring down over me all came together to make up my bitter, awkward youth.
Later, my daughter found an old photo album and asked me, "Mom, who is that person in the photo? Why is he looking at you instead of the camera?"
By then, I was thirty-five. I could no longer remember what it felt like to fall for someone in the innocence of youth. I only remembered that I seemed never to have had him at all.
What I have now is where the bumpy road of my life has led me.
And I never saw that lemon-colored sky again.
*An understated story about everyday family life, mutual unrequited love, growing up, and an imperfect ending.
*In this story, "male lead" refers to the leading man in the heroine's youth.
*The hero and heroine do not engage in intimate behavior while underage.
*Completed on May 20, 2024. Thank you for your support.
[Fiction is just a seasoning in life. If it's not to your taste, please stop reading. Let's communicate peacefully, and may everything go your way. Wishing you prosperity ^^]
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Blurb for "On the Night of the First Snowfall [Marriage Before Love]":
1
At the end of the year, Zhu Qing's family pressured her into one blind date after another, as if she were working three shifts.
By chance, she ended up on a date with her first love, Jiang Senhao.
Remembering how far from amicable their breakup had been, Zhu Qing backed away again and again.
Jiang Senhao stared at her without a word, his gaze like a knife.
"Didn't you want to go on blind dates and get married? What do you think of me?"
Before Zhu Qing could answer, he added,
"If you turn me down again, I'll die right in front of you."
2
On the day of the first snowfall, they registered their marriage.
After the wedding, Zhu Qing gained a much clearer understanding of Jiang Senhao's wealth.
Even if her family had worked from the dawn of creation until now without eating or sleeping,
what they earned wouldn't come close to the annual turnover of one of the Jiang family's branch companies.
She began to have second thoughts. They were clearly from different worlds, so how could they possibly walk side by side?
Before going to sleep, Zhu Qing brought it up: "Should we take a step back and reconsider this relationship?"
Jiang Senhao said nothing, putting all his effort into her in the dead of night.
"We're not breaking up, and we're not getting divorced. Bring it up again, and I don't mind spending the whole week in this bed. Have you forgotten what we did in college...?"
Zhu Qing clapped a hand over his mouth, her face scarlet. "Shut up."
"Can't. I've got to take care of my wife."
3
In a novel market dominated by "getting back together after a breakup" and "Marriage Before Love," Zhu Qing had the misfortune of combining these two peculiar genres.
Looking at their marriage from the present day,
she realized that her husband was not quite like the traditional aloof, abstinent CEO...?
Theme: Time never turns back, and the bloom never sees another spring.
My Blind Date Is My Crush [Marriage Before Love]
I Woke Up to Find My Brother Had Become a Gloomy Incubus!
The Night the First Snow Fell [Marriage Before Love]
Returning the Book
Don't Say That, He Might Actually Like Me
If Only I Had Known
The B-King Childhood Friend Differentiated into an Omega [GB]
If Puppies Could Write Love Letters
The Alpha-Style Heartthrob [GB]
The Movie Emperor Won't Marry Anyone but Me [GB]
A Fake Fairy Tale
My Childhood Friend Ran Away While Pregnant [GB]
It was really a pity to see the end. It was the letter that Wen Xi would never read, and the last time that Zhao Xuan was unable to see Wen Xi. They all disappeared with the wind and rain into the lemon sky that would never appear...
I really want to know what was written in the letter, although it no longer makes sense. Zhao Xuanzhen, the disconnection was so sudden. Was his leg caused by bone cancer? Or was it acquired when he went to take the college entrance examination on the day he was locked up by his father. Although there is a reason, I really don't understand leaving without saying goodbye or this sudden disconnection... Translated by Qiao. Good people, really good people [Like] [Cry] Wow, oh, oh, could this be a child educated in a Kochi family? My mother's IQ and EQ are all on the line. There are no blind spots at all. I was really shocked when I saw Xixi's crystal ball being picked up. Oh Maiga, she is truly both a teacher and a friend. And our Xixi is really strong. The growth along the way was really hard on us Xixi, but luckily everything turned out well in the end~~ Xixi deserves the best!!!
I feel so uncomfortable after reading it. I really like the parts about Wen happy and her mother. People are a body of contradictions, and so is love. It seems that this life has been surrounded by the proposition of love and not love, but it is pushed forward by time. Now that I think about my youth, it seems that there were no particularly big fluctuations, and it was quite satisfactory. However, the time after the college entrance examination is like quicksand, and it flies by so fast. The only thing we can grasp is the present. The only thing we can do is cherish the present and leave no regrets. I wish each of us can embrace happiness.
Oh my god, when I saw the wheelchair where I was sitting, I guessed it was Zhao Xuan. This foreshadowing really made me cry to death.
Thanks for the limited fee! Thank you writer! [Rose][Rose] Although I am sad, I like your postscript. Life is short.
I reread it tonight 🥺 I have a bad memory. I suddenly saw my ID at the end of the article and the comments I left before. I was in a daze. It seemed that I had selectively forgotten something. I was busy. I would say take your time, but they didn't have time. "Lemon Day" Some things don't seem to be so clear, so we meet and accompany each other, and they do the same. We have done things that each other doesn't know about in invisible places. It's a pity that the two of us don't know.
Very nice! Come on entity!
Baby, our physical body is coming quickly!!
Well. . . What can I say, the writing is really good. But it's hard to calm down and feel uncomfortable in my heart. I wish lovers will get married eventually. Oh, I cried to death
Wenxi has a good ending, and it also makes up for the regrets of "oneself"??? What if it was his own at that time? And that friend wouldn't do such outrageous things! Will you have a different story from classmate Z... But life is always full of regrets. In fact, the ones who love us most are always our own families!! Only when you work hard will you find that life is full of meaning and challenges. You only have one youth, and it is more about enjoying life. I like Lemon Sky very much, and I also like Wenxi's strong and unyielding character. Marriage is not the end of every girl, making yourself happy is. Not everyone can meet the gentle Qiao Yi, but Wenxi can, because she is worth it?