Snow in the Courtyard

[The next story, "A Piece of Old News," is now open for preorders] Xie Qingxi still doesn't know why Ying Yu married her. Was it because she knew him inside out, because she was obedient and easy to live with, or simply because their parents approved of her? All she knows is that they barely spoke to each other. In fact, one day, they exchanged only two sentences in twenty-four hours: "Ying Yu, dinner's ready." "Coming." "What do you want to eat?" "Anything." In the seventh year of their marriage, she wanted to escape their stagnant relationship. Ying Yu was perfectly content with his peaceful married life. He and his wife had been childhood sweethearts and knew each other inside out. She was cultured, sensible, capable, and considerate, exactly his type. More importantly, his parents adored her. He had once taken pride in the light left on for him when he came home and the way she always put him first. He never expected that the words he would say most often to his wife would be: "When will you be done with work?" "When are you coming home?" "Yeah, I miss you." *Also known as The Stay-at-Home Wife's Return to the Workplace *Heroine: Drives a luxury car worth tens of millions to a job paying seven thousand a month. *Hero: In public, I say I can't sleep until my wife comes home. In private, I lie alone in a cold bed and eat by myself. (March 7, 2023) Reader's Guide: 1. This story is entirely fictional. Please don't associate it with any real people, places, or events. Everything serves the plot. If it's not for you, please stop reading. There are countless great stories on Jinjiang, so there's bound to be one you like! 2. Sources include books such as A Dance of Green Silk and The Beauty of Chinese Makeup, as well as relevant information shared online. Please point out any errors kindly. You don't need to tell me if you're dropping the story. Please don't attack me personally or start a fight over it =_= 3. There are plenty of completed stories in the same series on my author page. Click to read! 4. This story will be paywalled tomorrow, October 12. Thank you for your support! ------------Preorder Boundary------------ Title: A Piece of Old News Blurb: The elite Experimental High School, known for producing many big shots, has plenty of old legends. One of them says that the top student in one class year had a crush on the second-ranked student. The proof? Someone saw them running hand in hand out of an alley. Xu Xiangyue, the top student: "..." Since when did helping someone escape a dog chase become proof that you like them? Years later, many new happenings had turned into old news. At a class reunion, someone asked Wen Du, "That old rumor that Xu Xiangyue liked you, was it true or not?" Wen Du turned to ask her, "Should I say it was true or false?" Xu Xiangyue warned him, "Answer properly. I still haven't deleted those compromising photos of you." Wen Du had no choice but to answer solemnly, "They got it wrong. It should have been that I liked her." Under his classmates' suggestive gazes, Wen Du's heart was bleeding. I should never have gone in for hemorrhoid surgery! And if I had to, I shouldn't have chosen that hospital! There goes my good name! Reunion Blurb: A ward in the colorectal surgery department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Rong Medical University. Xu Xiangyue: "Hello, I'm Xu Xiangyue, your attending physician. You can call me Dr. Xu." Wen Du: "...Doctor! I want general anesthesia!" The dressing room. Xu Xiangyue: "My boss said your butt is the best-looking one he's worked on lately." Wen Du: "...I hope I can be under general anesthesia for future dressing changes too. :)" #Ordinary general surgeon heroine and children's picture-book author hero# Theme: Watching the rain in the courtyard and enjoying the fragrance of incense on a plain quilt, meeting you is one of the best things in this world.