Shang Chunmai's grandmother often sat in the courtyard, lost in thought.
The sunlight slowly crept across the wall and fell on her hair, streaked with white. She braced herself on her walking stool and shakily stood up. "Time to make dinner."
Shang Chunmai grinned and held out her cupped hands. "Grandma, look what I found."
Her grandmother took a closer look, eyes going wide. She slapped Shang Chunmai's hand. "Throw it away, quickly! You'll be cursed if you take its eggs!"
Shang Chunmai thought she was such a killjoy.
Xie Xingshu wouldn't act like that. He always gently told her, "Those are snake eggs. They'll hatch into baby snakes."
Shang Chunmai smiled. "I know, I know. Are snakes afraid of people?"
"Of course. They're clever and won't go looking for trouble. They're creatures with a spirit."
"What about you? Are you afraid of me?" she asked, blinking.
Xie Xingshu smiled, too, watching her tenderly. "I am. I'm terrified you'll suddenly disappear."
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Xie Xingshu's child bride ran away.
He searched high and low across the country, and finally found her in a remote mountain village.
But she seemed to have lost her memory.
★ Airheaded beauty x refined scoundrel, ten-year age gap, noticeable size difference, both virgins
★ Forced romance, amnesia trope.
★ Fictional setting.
Theme: Love is salvation
