Butterfly Spring Syndrome

Revised and expanded by 13,000 words. Pirated copies are incomplete. Subscribe to the full text for just 8 yuan. Thank you for supporting the official version! 1. During the Spring Festival Gala rerun, Zhou Chi stood with his black hair slicked back, broad shoulders and a slim waist, singing a heartfelt duet with a female star. Zhu's mother sighed, “A Chi hasn't come to wish us a happy New Year in ages.” Zhu Chunhao remarked sourly, “He's a top-tier star now. He has to appear on the Spring Festival Gala for New Year.” Seeing her ex-boyfriend on the very first day of the New Year was such bad luck. And yet she couldn't even tell her parents how bitter it made her feel. The doorbell rang. Zhu's father called, “A Die, could that be Uncle Zhou and Auntie Zhou? Go answer the door.” Zhu Chunhao put on a sweet, gentle smile and opened the door. “Happy New Year, Uncle Zhou... Auntie Zhou... Zhou Chi?!” The flashy man she'd seen on television a moment ago was now standing right outside, flesh and blood. Zhou Chi's soulful, peach-blossom eyes lifted slightly. He gave her a half-smile. “Looks like that red envelope was money well spent. I've even gone up a generation over the New Year.” He ruffled Zhu Chunhao's frozen head. “Happy New Year, Little Butterfly.” 2. Zhu Chunhao sneaked off to see Zhou Chi's newly released movie, only to find the theater completely empty. Hah. So this dog isn't that popular after all? The movie was a tearjerker, and Zhu Chunhao, who couldn't stop herself from crying, had red-rimmed eyes by the end. She didn't even notice someone quietly taking the seat beside her midway through the film. The movie ended, but the theater lights stayed off for a long time. As Zhu Chunhao wondered why, tears still falling, a handkerchief was held out to her from beside her. A lazy, teasing voice murmured in her ear, “You don't like me? Then why come watch my movie?” She turned in shock. Zhou Chi wore a baseball cap. His features were striking, and his roguish confidence was impossible to miss. “Hmm? Little Butterfly?” 3. One night, long afterward, Zhou Chi posted an update. A few minutes later, it crashed the social media servers. The picture showed the butterfly tattoo everyone knew about, inked on his shoulder blade before his debut. Over it, a slender hand that clearly belonged to a woman was touching one of the butterfly's wings. Zhou Chi captioned it: “My butterfly has flown back to me. @Zhu Chunhao” #A butterfly etched into your bones. You are the butterfly. [Roguish young heir to a business empire x proud, tearful heiress] [Top-tier star x competitive shooter] Reader's Guide 1. Childhood sweethearts / rekindled romance / two wealthy families that stay wealthy / happy ending / single-couple romance 2. Content warning: The heroine's tearful nature is due to a condition that makes her cry uncontrollably. Her tears are a physiological response she can't suppress. Please read with caution if this bothers you! 3. There's not much entertainment-industry content. This is a sweet romance focused on the couple's relationship. 4. Set in a fictional world. No characters are based on real people, so please don't associate them with anyone. 5. Related professional knowledge comes from books and the internet. Corrections are welcome if anything is wrong! Coming soon: My Boyfriend and His Brother Share a Body. Please add it to your reading list! Blurb: Honest, slow-witted blockhead x chaste, fiercely principled daddy who breaks his vow of chastity x possessive, deranged male ghost Shen Xijing was born with heart disease. Growing up, he never even held hands or hugged anyone, and had no plans to marry or have children. After his parents died, he raised his younger brother as if he were his own son. His brother was healthy, capable, and shrewd, with everything it took to become the heir. But Shen Xijing couldn't stand his brother's girlfriend, Wen Er. During the few times they met, she always kept her head down, silent and timid, and was far too awkward to be the future mistress of the Shen family. The next time he mentioned the woman to his brother in the car, they got into an accident. When he woke, his younger brother's girlfriend was clutching his hand. Tears had left the tip of her nose and the corners of her eyes glistening and red as she cried out his younger brother's name in anguish: “Yunqi, your brother died in the car accident.” Shen Xijing realized that “he” was dead, and that his soul had somehow entered his younger brother's body. For his brother's sake, he would take care of Wen Er for the rest of her life, but he couldn't keep being with her. Yet whenever he tried to come clean, his body seemed to disobey him. He could never bring himself to say those two words: “Let's break up.” * Wen Er thought her boyfriend had been acting very strangely since the car accident. Sometimes he seemed to want to say something but held back; sometimes he couldn't get enough of her. Sometimes even holding her hand made him seem like a chaste, fiercely principled man having an affair. And sometimes... he was like a wolf who'd just discovered sex, with no restraint at all... Especially after he took over the Shen Group, the way he commanded authority and controlled everything was exactly like his dead older brother. The strangest thing was that he never “punished” her like he used to! After personally supervising her and helping her pass the CAE, he pushed her to take the CFA next. Watching him come out after a cold shower, Wen Er touched her swollen lips and cautiously whispered, “I... I think we should break up?” If her boyfriend really had been possessed by his older brother, surely he'd agree right away? But the hand wiping his damp hair paused. He narrowed his eyes at her, dark brows lowering as he scrutinized her for a long moment. He didn't look as if he agreed. He was just about to speak when his expression suddenly changed. His tall figure advanced on her inch by inch. His thin eyelids lowered halfway, and a calm smile, once familiar and unsettling to her, rose at the corners of her boyfriend's lips. With practiced force, he pried her legs apart. “Er'er, I told you there'd be a punishment if you brought up breaking up again.” #An honest girl gets forced into love by a sinister male ghost as soon as she enters the beginner's village. She can't take it and wants to break up, only to accidentally set off the chaste, fiercely principled man's late-blooming passion. #After experiencing firsthand the kinks of the younger brother he raised like a son, Shen Xijing flew into a rage: “You little bastard. You should be glad you're dead, or I'd have kicked you out of the family!” #Shen Yunqi: “Stop pretending, Big Brother. You enjoyed it too, didn't you?” #Shen Yunqi: “Besides, I'm not the one who's really dead, my dear brother.” Blurb screenshot dated August 2, 2026 Theme: Love and ideals endure without end