The girl's expression was distant and indifferent, as if no mountain or river stretching for thousands of miles could move her.
"You idiot, you dropped your flower."
Lu Youshi turned around in a panic. Flowers lined the path he'd taken, but only one remained in his hand. Looking sorry and sad, he said, "I thought the flowers by the river were pretty, so I picked one to give you."
Qin Zhen took the only one left and said, "Thank you."
Breaking free from a cocoon is a kind of growth from the inside out. Succeed, and you become a butterfly. Fail, and you rot inside the cocoon. To peel away a cocoon is to strip off the layer that seems to offer protection and pull out the person hiding within, forcing them to face the blazing sun or the storm.
Lu Youshi loved his wife dearly. By the present day, they had been married for eight years and had an adorable six-year-old child.
Sadly, his wife disappeared five years ago.
Every place he went and every footprint he left behind from then on was part of his search for her.
As everyone knows, there are two possible outcomes when you search for someone, plus one unexpected possibility.
Lu Youshi encountered a fourth possibility, beyond those three.
It was despairing, yet there was nothing he could do about it.
This is a story about growing up, being brave, and facing things. It may not be exciting, but Qin Zhen and Lu Youshi keep moving forward. Life is dull by nature. It's not as if there are that many things that can make you laugh.
This is also an oddball female-audience novel told from the male lead's perspective. The female lead just needs to stay put and be her cool, aloof CEO self. Our male lead will do all the fighting.
(Don't give up.)
Theme: The past cannot be changed, but we can choose to accept it, face it, and even challenge it.
