Mature beauty x scheming puppy
Alternate-history Republican era
On the first snowy day, Hua'er received a bouquet of red roses and remembered the beautiful phoenix eyes beneath the brim of a hat.
When the first snow fell again a year later, on the soft couch in the warm greenhouse, Hua'er held a rouge-stained brush and clumsily drew a slender, alluring red line at the corner of her older sister's eyes, where a smile was hidden.
Guan Min has many interests, but has never been able to stick with one for more than three minutes.
Things she takes to too easily are like delicate flowers: they bloom and fade, their beauty gone in an instant.
There was only one person who was the exception.
She became the flower Guan Min was willing to cradle in her hands, the one she held in her heart.
Was it fate, or had it all been planned from the start?
[Please note]
1. One-on-one romance, both characters are sexually inexperienced, happy ending
2. Nine-year age gap
3. This may be a rather freewheeling short story, written to indulge my favorite tropes
4. Visit author Yu's profile for more stories, and send some love!
2022.08.20-2023.02.05
Theme: Don't surrender to hardship, don't give up trying, and believe there's light when you look up.
