Soft as a Spring Rain

Coming soon: Love's Etude, marriage first, love later~

Blurb:

Three years ago, on the day Jiang Ling got married, Lu Huaizhou rushed back from abroad and gave 10,001 yuan as a wedding gift. Her name was the one he wrote in the guestbook.

Three years later, a group of old classmates threw a welcome-back party for him. Someone brought up Jiang Ling.

"I heard Jiang Ling's had a really rough time these past few years. She was our school's beauty and top student, but her in-laws kept her home as a housewife for three years. We can never get her to come to a reunion!"

"I saw Jiang Ling last year. She'd lost half her sparkle, carrying a pile of bags and trying to hail a taxi in the rain. If I hadn't run into her, she would've been waiting for ages!"

"What about her husband?"

"She said he was busy working overtime, but I remember her husband is a university professor, right? It was a weekend in early July, and there was a downpour. How busy could he have been?"

At once, everyone began sticking up for Jiang Ling.

"Wait, don't you know? Jiang Ling is getting divorced."

As soon as the words were out, everyone turned in unison to look at Lu Huaizhou, who was drinking alone.

Lu Huaizhou set down his glass, and a flicker of emotion seemed to cross his eyes.

So she's finally getting divorced?

[When they were students, Lu Huaizhou had a secret crush on Jiang Ling. He was cautious, afraid she'd find out and afraid she wouldn't.]

[Back then, Jiang Ling quietly wrote letters for three years, but never sent a single one.]

A few notes:

1. The adult leads are both each other's first and only. The male lead's devotion and the female lead's psychological and physical aversion mean that she and her husband never sleep together after marriage.

2. They both have secret crushes on each other, reunite years later, and get a happy ending.

The story focuses on Jiang Ling as she goes through divorce, returns to the workplace, rediscovers herself, and begins a new relationship with the male lead she missed her chance with back then~

As Su Shi wrote: ...The loveliest time of the year is spring. The drizzle is soft as butter; grass seems near when seen from afar, yet vanishes up close. Don't refuse to get drunk; flowers go unseen, and people grow old...

When spring arrives and the rain falls softly, don't refuse to get drunk in such a beautiful season. When the flowers bloom, go out and see them. Life rushes by in a busy blur, so don't let the years that slip away become nothing but memories.

May everyone bravely make their way toward their own spring~

Theme: Rediscovering love while finding yourself again.