A Quiet Reverie for You

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Blurb

1.

When Wen Yinzhi first started school, she heard that the neighboring college's acting department had a student named Jiang Yuzhi, who was considered impossible to court.

She saw him once from a distance. Proud and aloof, with a casual, carefree air that seemed to keep everyone at arm's length.

Yet one summer night, that same arrogant, unrestrained man came to her in a panic, his bangs disheveled, his voice low and hoarse, as though all his strength had left him.

"Wen Yinzhi, can we please not break up?"

2.

By then, she had gone from being a highly regarded kunqu dan performer to a rising star in the entertainment industry, while he had won an award and gradually become one of the biggest names in voice acting.

Onstage and off, they were worlds apart.

They met again at a variety show's press conference.

The host asked about the award that had launched Jiang Yuzhi to fame. He fell silent for a moment, then looked meaningfully at Wen Yinzhi beside him and said only four words:

"It cost me dearly."

Wen Yinzhi didn't dare look at him. Under the gaze of countless cameras, she calmly forced back the ache in her eyes.

3.

For a time, his coldness convinced Wen Yinzhi that they had no chance of getting back together. She didn't know that, during the years when rumors about her filled the industry, the usually low-profile Jiang Yuzhi had deliberately attended a reception where she would be.

It was a glittering, noisy affair, all shifting lights and blurred shadows. Yet amid the revelry, he spotted his white camellia at a glance.

And there really was another man standing beside her.

They met head-on. The other man looked at him with hostility and mockery. "Mr. Jiang, don't tell me you want to be the other man."

Jiang Yuzhi replied quietly, "If she wants me to."

He seemed relaxed, but in truth, all reason within him had already crumbled to pieces.

*The camellia's arrival: Jiang Yuzhi is willing to give Wen Yinzhi everything. The moment she appears, he is ready to offer her whatever she wants.

Kunqu beauty / A-list actress x Voice-acting big shot / Heir to a top conglomerate

Gentle and resilient x Cool, aloof, and hopelessly in love

[Little Scene]

Everyone thought Jiang Yuzhi was just a big name in the voice-acting industry.

Then someone revealed that the Suzhou-style garden used as a real-life location in the variety show had actually been built by Jiang Yuzhi over five years, at a cost of hundreds of millions, as his private estate.

The stunning courtyard in the show, recreated in exact detail from The Peony Pavilion, was only one small corner of the entire garden, and it had still cost tens of millions to painstakingly restore.

The internet erupted: Mr. Jiang spent a fortune just for a variety show!

Jiang Yuzhi: The variety show and the garden are both gifts for my future wife.

Everyone suddenly remembered that Wen Yinzhi had first become famous through a performance of A Dream in the Garden.

He had built her dream.

Reader's Guide:

1. Nonlinear storytelling, university life and modern urban life, with the focus on the latter

2. Both are each other's first and only, happy ending, one-on-one romance, reunited lovers

3. Important: No real-life inspirations! (If you've read the story, you wouldn't say it resembles so-and-so. Please show mutual respect.)

4. The professional details about kunqu and voice acting are based entirely on online research, so please don't scrutinize them

5. This is the author's first book. The university sections may feel a little rough, though I really like the story. I think the writing gradually improves in the urban sections, but it may still not meet some readers' expectations. If it's not for you, please stop reading in time.

6. Thank you for supporting the official release

Peace and love

Theme: Be true to life, and love life