After ending her contract with her company, Tian Miaoli returned to her hometown alone to recover and clear her head.
Every day, she tended flowers and grew vegetables, and took the opportunity to watch the man who had suddenly appeared in the neighboring yard, the son of an uncle rumored to have lost his mind long ago.
Assuming that a madman's son must be mad too, Tian Miaoli watched him over and over like a monkey at the zoo.
The more she watched, the more familiar he looked.
She said, "I've seen you before."
He played along and asked, "When did we last meet?"
Tian Miaoli looked away and muttered, "When you cosplayed as a pug, kneeling and begging for food alongside all the stray cats and dogs at your school."
She thought that, while no one in their right mind would do something like that, it showed he was a decent person, kind-hearted at the very least.
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The comment Zhang Meichen heard most often in his life was that he was like a bamboo stalk.
--He grew fast and straight, but his heart was hollow.
In other words, he wasn't exactly normal.
Still, he was happy to squint and smile as he played the good guy.
Until his disguise was stripped away, and he waited in trepidation for Tian Miaoli to pass judgment on him.
But Tian Miaoli said that being hollow was perfect. She could crawl inside and make bamboo-tube rice, bamboo-tube sticky rice dumplings, bamboo wine... In short, she was determined to fill him up.
Zhang Meichen had no answer for her. "Only bugs can crawl inside."
"So you and I are different species, then? Can we still be together?"
"...Yes."
One-on-one romance, happy ending
Rural life!
Theme: Embrace the good things in life.
