The Seventh Year Since Xu Qiao Disappeared

[Around 150,000 words, ending soon~~~] (1) “The last time I heard Xu Qiao's voice was seven years ago, on a rainy day I'll never forget for the rest of my life.” “She died, and the call went dead...” “After that, I moved away from Jiangcheng and never went back.” The story should have ended there, but Seven years later, on another spring day of ceaseless rain, Gu Cichuan saw a girl in the crowd. She looked so much like the face in his memories. (2) Through more than two thousand sleepless nights, he tossed and turned in agony, praying countless times. “Please, fate, have mercy and grant her a new life.” [Full synopsis below:] The anniversary of her death, a rainy day. A man stood before a gravestone, holding an umbrella. The feelings he had never managed to confess, the photograph that would always be missing one person, and the coming-of-age celebration he had promised her, all lost to that disaster... How could he not have regrets? Time was a thief, and he had missed so many years of Xu Qiao's life. Gu Cichuan confessed his regrets to the gravestone in the rain. Then he met a girl. The girl had Xu Qiao's voice and Xu Qiao's face. Every frown and smile was just like the person in his memories. Gu Cichuan's voice trembled, and he struggled to stay calm. “Xu Qiao?” But he knew she wasn't Xu Qiao. The real Xu Qiao had died in that accident seven years ago. And yet... The girl grew more and more like the “her” in his memories. It seemed that all the evidence pointed to the girl being Xu Qiao. But she said she wasn't Xu Qiao. Her name was Ming Zhao. [2] Ming Zhao grew up in Haishi. On an utterly ordinary rainy day, the girl went out as usual, and never came back. She was trapped in that late-spring cold snap, repeating the same moments again and again, unable to escape that rainy day no matter what she did. Until... When the clock struck “midnight” once more, Ming Zhao woke up in an unfamiliar city. She met a stranger. The cold rain dampened his brows and eyes. The man stared at her in a daze, his gaze full of sorrow. That day was the anniversary of his younger sister's death. And someone else who died on that same day was... . 1. A monogamous 1v1 romance, both leads are each other's only partners. 2. After the female lead's death, the male lead remains a despairing widower, waiting bitterly for one person to return. 3. They are in a foster-family relationship. Readers, rest assured and enjoy! 4. The age gap is three years, and it has a sweet happy ending. Theme: “I saw a rose, first upon a bed of thorns.”