Cherishing Sakura

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The Ji family of Jingbei has a cherished youngest daughter, Ji Ying, who grew up surrounded by love. They say she has the beauty of a celestial maiden, as if the goddess of the Luo River had descended to earth, a rare classical beauty.

But Miss Ji is low-key and dislikes socializing. She is rarely seen in public, and her two older brothers are devoted to protecting their little sister.

It is a pity that a beauty treasured like a jewel such as her was engaged at an early age. Her fiance is none other than Fu Jingshen of the Jingnan Fu family, a man famously clueless about romance.

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A friend invited Fu Jingshen to join him for tea. The teahouse stood in the outskirts of the city, its elegant surroundings displaying refined taste at every turn.

His friend asked, "What do you think?"

Fu Jingshen took a sip of tea. "It's average."

"I mean, what do you think of her?" His friend looked up and nodded toward the window. "There, the proprietress."

Rain pattered down. A beauty in a qipao approached gracefully from the end of the alley, holding an umbrella. Her skin was like ice and her bones like jade, her eyes flowing with charm.

As if she sensed his gaze, the beauty raised her eyes slightly.

Their eyes met, and the teacup in Fu Jingshen's hand tipped over, spilling tea everywhere.

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The grand union of the Ji and Fu families became a favorite topic of conversation among the upper circles of the capital.

Everyone knew the head of the Fu family had no interest in women, and was as celibate and aloof as could be. No one knew whether the pampered young lady of the Ji family would be able to put up with him.

That is, until a video went viral online.

The beauty in a qipao sat upright at a tea table, smiling and nodding as her slender jade fingers warmed the teaware and poured the tea. Amid the curling steam, she looked like a fairy in a painting.

The internet exploded, with commenters flooding the video with declarations that she was their wife.

Not long afterward,

Fu Jingshen, chairman of Fu Group, reposted the video and wrote: [@Ji Ying V + My little cherry blossom.]

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Netizens still could not believe that the aloof fairy had married, and angrily accused Fu Jingshen of abusing his power to steal her away.

That is, until the media photographed Ji Ying on a deserted winter night, her petite figure wriggling into Fu Jingshen's overcoat. Her jade-white face was full of adorable innocence as he scooped her up and carried her to the car.

That day, Ji Ying made her first public post: [@Fu Jingshen V + We will always be together.]

*We will always be together, like mountains and rivers, like all streams flowing into the sea.

Love at First Sight

Zhong Yin is a prominent figure in S University's broadcasting department. Rumor has it that she has never failed to land a guy, and always moves straight from one boyfriend to the next.

Recently, gossip has it that Zhong Yin's next target is Yi Chen from the School of Computer Science and Information Technology.

Yi Chen is one of the "Two Campus Heartthrobs" of the school, someone who keeps strangers at a distance and rejects everyone who approaches.

The first time Yi Chen saw Zhong Yin, he realized she was trying to hide her intentions.

Zhong Yin glanced at him.

Yi Chen: She's flirting with me.

Zhong Yin spoke softly.

Yi Chen: She's playing cute again.

Zhong Yin tripped for no reason.

Yi Chen: ...She's throwing herself into my arms.

On top of that, whether it was gaming together, dorm dinners, or basketball tournaments, Zhong Yin was everywhere in his life.

Yi Chen was thoroughly fed up, but because of his mother's reminders, he had no choice but to keep humoring her.

Finally, one day, Zhong Yin solemnly asked him to meet her somewhere private.

Afraid she might cry, Yi Chen turned his face away and got in first: "Getting rejected is only natural. There's nothing in life you can't get over..."

"Thank you." At the same moment, Zhong Yin's bright voice drowned him out. "Without you, I wouldn't have gotten together with Yinian so quickly."

Yi Chen's voice cut off abruptly.

Lin Yinian: his roommate, his brother, and the other campus heartthrob.

Zhong Yin, oblivious to anything amiss, asked, "What were you saying just now?"

Yi Chen: "...I was talking in my sleep."

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Zhong Yin has a secret: she has a crush on Lin Yinian, but the young man hangs above her like the moon, and she has never known how to get close to him.

That is, until her mother had dinner with an old friend, and Zhong Yin met the woman's son, Yi Chen.

He may be fussy, nitpicky, and sharp-tongued, but he's still a good person.

If she manages to marry Lin Yinian, she will definitely give Yi Chen a seat at the main table.

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Yi Chen thinks he's been getting more and more abnormal lately.

Otherwise, how could he have gone crazy enough to shamelessly steal his brother's girl like a dog?

A straightforward girl who flirts without realizing it x a delusional king who gets so dizzy from her advances he can barely think, yet still stubbornly refuses to admit it

*The rumor that the heroine has a boyfriend is false.

Theme: Freedom and dreams