[Print edition in progress: Fu Qiduo]
Yu Yu's reason for liking Xu Muzhi was simple.
While the boys her age were still dreaming of becoming police officers, scientists, or big-shot bosses, he was the only one who made a wish as the New Year's bells rang that year: may my family be safe, and may the world be at peace.
He was many years older than her.
So much older that even when she carefully draped a coat over his shoulders, he could laugh it off easily: "The little girl has grown up and learned to care about people."
It seemed that the only impression he had of someone named Yu Yu was that she was the mild-mannered little girl who spent time with his niece.
But at the age when she still understood so little about the world, Yu Yu had already tucked the name Xu Muzhi into her heart.
He was always coming and going, covered in dust from the road. Even when he teased her, he kept her at arm's length.
He carried so much inside him, so much on his shoulders. But none of it was Yu Yu. It seemed there would never be room for her.
So the thing sixteen-year-old Yu Yu feared most was that Xu Muzhi would fall in love, marry, and have children.
In the end, it happened.
The day she learned that Xu Muzhi's family had arranged a suitable young woman for him, Yu Yu cried all night beneath her blankets. After that, she disappeared from his life.
And yet, years later...
She suddenly saw Xu Muzhi on the news in her university dorm, delivering a grave report. Behind him, war raged and dust filled the sky.
As the report ended, he looked toward the camera, his eyes slightly red, as if he were looking through the lens at someone watching on the other side.
"May our motherland prosper, and may peace come to the world soon."
"That concludes this report."
Yu Yu could never have imagined it.
After the camera stopped rolling, on the war-torn streets of that city, a man left behind a few bold, powerful characters:
[May you, far away, be safe all your life]
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To Yu Yu:
I know you're brave. But a person's life is full of chance encounters, and the world is ever changing. Go see the mountains and rivers, go see the desert, then come back and ask yourself whether you still love me.
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Brave, clingy sweetheart x cunning big bad wolf
Unrequited love | Mostly sweet with a touch of bittersweetness | Six-year age gap | Fake uncle and niece | Everyday-life style
Blurb written on 2023/10/27
Revised on 2025/1/9
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Bian Jing had a face of otherworldly beauty, but a proud, fiery temperament that was hard to tame. His senior schoolmates often joked in private that no one in the world could ever make him back down.
Until that day.
At a gathering with his fellow students, the man who usually showed up at the lab in whatever T-shirt he had grabbed, his hair a fluffy mess, a backpack slung over one shoulder, and not a care for his appearance, arrived in a three-part slicked-back hairstyle and a youthful almond-white work hoodie. He looked stunning as he joined them for an ordinary hotpot meal that cost only fifty yuan per person.
His senior schoolmates were stunned and baffled.
But the answer came half an hour after they sat down.
They suddenly saw Bian Jing get up and walk over to the next table. When he spoke, his voice sounded like he'd been bewitched, meek as could be.
"Miss, do you have a boyfriend?"
At the two tables, a dozen people fell silent.
Ignoring everyone but her, he slowly pushed his phone toward her, brazenly asking, "Then how about adding me on WeChat, Miss?"
His senior schoolmates were sharp-eyed enough to recognize her as Professor Cheng's daughter. The man sitting next to her was the very son-in-law Professor Cheng had his eye on.
That man was already livid with Bian Jing.
His senior schoolmates were stunned. They'd just witnessed the most explosive gossip imaginable.
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Bian Jing had met Cheng Yingshu long ago.
The day he heard that Cheng Yingshu had someone she liked, Bian Jing was furious. But his frustration lasted only a few hours. When he turned around, he saw Cheng Yingshu's crush outside a hotel.
The person walking in beside him, however, wasn't Cheng Yingshu.
Bian Jing's expression instantly brightened.
From then on, he got right in their face and pursued them with reckless abandon.
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Some people fall silent in love, like whales sleeping two miles beneath the sea.
Others raise a great banner and announce to the world that they will love you fiercely.
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Calm and rational x wild, rough-edged charmer
Three-year age gap / The second male lead wins / Both leads are tough characters
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#If you bury your hoe well, there's no corner you can't dig under
Theme: Love life.
It's great. Xiaoyu and Xiaoxu are like a very beautiful dream, which has fulfilled the regrets of youth. It's hard for me to say what I really like, but when I see Xiaoyu and Xiaoxu still determined to love each other, I feel warm in my heart, like sparkling water. I cried when I saw the extra. It's for their happiness and hard work. I also want to thank Xiaoxu for fulfilling my unfinished dream in my youth - to become a war reporter. Thank you because the characters are full and vivid. I also feel [very lucky]
So many blessings, so many blessings. You are really good at writing, and even better at writing Se Se.
Who can not love little fish😭🥹🥹
Can we have a post-marriage? 😭 😭 😭 It's so short 😭 😭 😭 😭 Ah ah ah 😭 😭
After watching this, I still don't understand why the male protagonist and the female protagonist's best friends have different generations. Aren't they both called grandpa?
When I saw the article, I rushed over and read it in one go. I look forward to the next one 🤩
It's so sudden. I haven't seen enough yet. I want to see the proposal and wedding 😉
So sweet!! Both babies are the best!! Happy New Year!!
Coming, coming, coming, coming
Another book is finished! Happy New Year in advance!!!