On the very first day Yu Yuyu moved to the village, she learned there was a widower who had lost his wife five years ago.
The widower was also a respected teacher at the village school.
But when she was setting up her new home, the widower stood at the edge of her courtyard, holding a child by the hand and staring at her, dazed.
Yu Yuyu turned and met his gaze.
He smiled at her gently, but the hurt and longing in his eyes were practically spilling over. He held them back with all his strength, his expression fragile yet restrained, as if afraid of disturbing her.
Yu Yuyu blinked in confusion, then smiled and nodded back at him.
After that,
things began to get strange.
First, the widower fell into the river. After she pulled him out, his clothes clung to him, water droplets hung from his lowered lashes, and his skin looked soft and full. He thanked her with a distinctly vulnerable air.
Then came a stormy night.
He stood under an umbrella with the child in his arms, asking apologetically if they could stay the night. The candlelight was dim as he gently soothed the child, all the while stealing glances at her, subtle and enticing.
...And later,
he became like a seductive ghost.
Little by little, he hooked his finger around hers and refused to let go.
*
The fifth year after his wife's death,
Cen Chi saw her again.
Just as she had been when they first met.
She was still as lively and radiant as ever, unchanged from five years ago. The only difference was that she no longer remembered him.
[Guide to Running Away]
*GB, standard anatomy, no appendages, no role reversal.
*The child was adopted by the female lead before she died. The male lead is older and hopelessly in love.
*A clingy, bittersweet slice-of-life story with low-magic fantasy elements.
*The final version will depend on the story once it starts. Unless something unexpected happens, it's probably about a high-energy, puppy-like younger woman with a face like a child's and the spirit of a wolf, everyone's idealized first love, who unwittingly turns a dignified, proper older man into a resentful husband willing to use any means to seduce her. (Deadpan.)
Theme: Say no to bad influences.
