I Have My Reasons

My next book, Springtime Longings, is described below. If you're passing by, my lovely readers, give it a quick save with those lucky little hands of yours. Love you all~

My senior sister twirled her pinkie and claimed she could win the new top scorer's heart within a month.

That day, Hua Jin must have been kicked in the head by a donkey, because she made a bet with her senior sister.

If her senior sister could marry the top scorer, Hua Jin would go steal the third-place scholar's underwear.

A month later, her senior sister, stitching her wedding veil, lightly reminded her to honor their bet.

To save face, Hua Jin went through all kinds of hardship to climb into the third-place scholar's courtyard.

In her fluster, she mistook an aphrodisiac for a sleeping drug and scattered it. She and the third-place scholar were both affected.

After a night of madness, Hua Jin tried to sneak away, but the man caught her by the sleeve.

"I am the apricot blossom spirit from the tree at your gate. After spending so many days with you, Young Master, I fell in love. This was all my own doing, so you needn't take responsibility."

In her panic, Hua Jin blurted out a ridiculous excuse. Before leaving, she still remembered the purpose of her trip and made off with Chen Yi'an's oversized underwear.

Chen Yi'an, who had never believed in gods or spirits, stared at the disheveled bed and fell into deep thought.

A month later, her senior sister married the top scorer. On her way back to the mountain after the wedding feast, Hua Jin heard that someone in the city had gone mad.

He wanted to marry the apricot tree at his gate.

How could she pass up such an amusing spectacle? Hua Jin went along with the crowd to watch.

When she and the madman locked eyes,

A gong rang in her mind.

This man looked awfully familiar.

Chen Yi'an had finally caught the apricot blossom spirit from that night.

The spirit clutched his sleeve, tears glistening in her eyes as she pleaded pitifully, "I had my reasons!"

[One-on-one romance, both leads are virgins, happy ending]

[Alternate universe, no need to nitpick the details]

[Sweet romance]

[Thanks to all the cuties who saved this book]

Springtime Longings synopsis:

Chen Lehe had loved Du Rui deeply since childhood. They had been separated for ten years, like two banks divided by a broad river.

Over those ten years, their circumstances had changed beyond recognition. Chen Lehe was still the same innocent, charming girl, while Du Rui had grown into a calm, rational man of noble status.

She had no idea how far apart they were. She thought he, like her, was overjoyed by their betrothal and eagerly awaited their wedding day. As for the gap between their families' standing, she believed that if she worked hard enough, she could cross it.

But no matter how hard she tried, all she received from Du Rui was coldness. At last, she understood that he was no longer the boy who had blushed and told her, "Wait for me to come marry you." It seemed his heart already belonged to someone else, someone beyond her reach.

Then one day, she met the woman rumored to be the moonlight in Du Rui's heart. Seeing the sudden light in his eyes, Chen Lehe was overcome by an indescribable mix of anger and disappointment.

She stopped clinging to him and refused to play along any longer. Leaving behind a letter of divorce, she returned to her family that very night and reclaimed her place as the daughter of the richest man. She resolved to start her life over and forget the man who had once broken her heart.

After Chen Lehe left, Du Rui held the divorce letter in his hands. This was exactly the outcome he had wanted, so why did his heart ache, as if a blunt knife were cutting him again and again?

His father berated him and ordered him to bring his wife home. For the first time, Du Rui willingly obeyed his father, traveling day and night until he found her. When she turned around with the same smile she had worn as a child, he was overcome by an indescribable shock and disappointment. He froze mid-step, fists clenched at his sides, eyes wide as he stared at the woman whose belly had begun to swell.

Theme: Make your own way through every hardship!