North-South Street

A beautiful blockhead x a younger, jealous, lovesick crown prince

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At the Deyi Tavern on North Street, there was a storyteller who liked to recount the tavern's origins every now and then. "They say there was once a city, and south of that city was a street. It got its name because it lay in the north of the city..."

"How could a street be both south and north of the city?"

The storyteller ignored the interruption and carried on.

"It was an ordinary little street, nothing special, and nobody cared what happened there."

"Then one day, a beautiful woman named 'Nan Xiangzi' arrived and opened a tavern called 'Deyi.' She was an extraordinary woman, and the tavern's chef was a master of his craft."

"And that is where our story begins..."

I'm terrible at coming up with names, so the more old-fashioned, the better~

A wealthy young lady who called herself "Nan Xiangzi" came to North Street. She was pretty enough, but maybe there was something wrong with her head.

As soon as she arrived, she bought a brothel and turned it into a tavern. She barely made any money, yet she often handed out snacks to the children who loved to eat.

And she kept going to the coffin shop for no reason! Word was, she'd even ordered one for herself. What a strange thing to do.

Nan Xiangzi really was an oddball. Thanks to her, the people of North Street were becoming stranger by the day.

Old Zhao, who spent all day tinkering with his lousy pieces of wood, was suddenly seen chasing a little boy from one end of the street to the other.

Sister-in-law Zhang, always unreasonable, fierce, and sharp-tongued, actually stood up for Nan Xiangzi when the woman woke her in the middle of the night.

The chronically sick little girl from the Liu family was covered in mud, carrying a huge carp, and grinning with flushed cheeks.

Nan Xiangzi stayed on North Street for just one year. On the day she married, a general's daughter was also being wed.

The people of North Street didn't care about the general's daughter's marriage. They all rushed to the Deyi Tavern to see Nan Xiangzi off.

The bridal procession trailing behind her six-person sedan chair stretched farther than the eye could see. The general's daughter's wedding must have been no grander.

Someone asked who was getting married and who the bride was.

The people of North Street shook their heads. They didn't know where the woman came from, but they sincerely wished her well in everything to come, and hoped she'd live in harmony with her husband in her new home.

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