Tipsy at Dusk

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By a twist of fate, Gu Yu ended up living with award-winning actress Jiang Bomu.

Faced with the woman she'd had a crush on for years, Gu Yu couldn't stay indifferent.

So today she brought her flowers, tomorrow she gave her a painting she'd made herself, and the day after, when she learned Jiang Bomu couldn't sleep, she offered to help her drift off for free.

Jiang Bomu accepted everything, but beyond the conversations they needed to have, she never opened her heart to Gu Yu.

Gu Yu understood. Jiang Bomu was just like her name: someone she could admire, but never reach.

How could someone so far beyond her ever descend to the mortal world?

She resolved to leave.

But late that night, she heard a steady knock at the door.

When she opened it, the graceful woman raised her eyes, her voice cool and clear. "I can't sleep. Does your offer from the other day still stand?"

*

In the evening, the clouds glowed with sunset colors.

Sixteen-year-old Gu Yu agonized over how to greet the big star, so dazzling and refined in every gesture.

She simply sat there quietly, yet looked like a richly colored oil painting.

Gu Yu worked up the courage to approach, but as she drew near, the woman's casual glance sent her heart racing, and she fled in a panic.

Gu Yu thought the other woman hadn't noticed her. Little did she know, the big star behind her smiled, radiant and bright.

That was the first time Gu Yu fell in love.

That was the first time in two years that Jiang Bomu had smiled with genuine warmth.

"The evening twilight is like water, gathered in the palm of my hand."

Bright, sincere college student x gentle, cool actress

Both are each other's first and only / Seven-year age gap / Sweet, everyday romance / A little chasing-the-ex-to-the-crematorium

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Coming soon: the getting-back-together story My Flirtatious Ex-Girlfriend Keeps Teasing Me. Blurb

A strange customer came to Evening Star Florist, spending 100,000 just to get the owner's private WeChat account.

Nan Xi, the shameless money-grubber, eagerly opened her phone. "Should I scan your code?"

She saved the customer as "Esteemed VVVIP," then accidentally put that in the verification message.

After the customer accepted her friend request, she immediately typed a message to smooth things over. "It's a pleasure to serve you."

Bo Shiyue put her phone away and gazed at the other woman for a long time.

"Xingxing," she said sadly, using Nan Xi's childhood nickname. "Do we really have to be so distant?"

"How would Miss Bo like to get closer? Meet tonight?"

Nan Xi thought she'd turn and leave, but to her surprise, Bo Shiyue turned and went upstairs.

"I'll wait for you."

*

Back when they were students, Bo Shiyue was aloof and distant, with an air of pride. She wouldn't let Nan Xi speak frivolously, and a cold expression was her usual face.

But it turned out Bo Shiyue could be vulgar too. She dressed to the nines to go on a blind date with a man, then left town without a word.

Ten years apart, and she no longer pretended to be above it all.

The love Nan Xi felt as a girl was no big deal. She decided to be vulgar too, and make the VVVIP spend a million before she'd feel appeased.

But Bo Shiyue was like lily of the valley, elegant and lovely, poisonous from root to tip, and impossible to resist.

The result of losing control once again was that, just as their love was at its peak, a bucket of cold water came pouring down.

"You lied to me again."

*

To win back her old love, Bo Shiyue overcame every obstacle and traveled all the way to the city where Nan Xi was vacationing.

"Let's get acquainted. My name is Bo Shiyue. Shi as in time, yue as in moon. My nickname is Yueyue. You can... call me Moon."

Just like back in their first year of high school, Nan Xi reached out to her and said the very same thing.

The moment their eyes met, time and space overlapped, and thirteen years of time and love began turning slowly around them.

The difference was, this time, I would be the one chasing you.

Theme: Respect and love yourself, and stand on your own two feet.