Wild Clouds

I'm also serializing San Fen Bai next door [Marriage Before Love]. Updates to this one will be sporadic.

Cheerful puppy x tangled-up kitten

They knew they were destined to be separated by life and death, yet they chose to love each other without hesitation.

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At sixteen, Jiang Mingyue transferred to No. 1 High School.

She was a princess from a big city, and everyone thought she was hard to approach.

But one day, by the sea,

her deskmate saw through all her secrets and vulnerabilities.

Then she forcefully barged into her life.

"Jiang Mingyue, I'm Yun Gui. Yun as in wild clouds, Gui as in returning."

"Jiang Mingyue, do you know this line of poetry? 'The moon was still there, shining on the clouds as they returned.'"

"Jiang Mingyue, our names go so well together."

"Jiang Mingyue, smile more. You're so pretty when you smile."

"Jiang Mingyue, are you happy today?"

Jiang Mingyue gradually got used to hearing her name again and again, and to Yun Gui being in every corner of her life.

She thought maybe this world wasn't so bad after all.

[Reader Advisory]

Short story. Bad ending.

--Next book: Spring Night Begonias--

[Adopted Daughter x Powerful Tycoon]

Shu Tang had always lived by the rules, taking each step along the future the Shu family had laid out for her.

As the Shu family's adopted daughter, Shu Tang knew full well why her adoptive parents had gone to such lengths to raise her.

She had an exceptionally beautiful face, and would be used as a tool for a marriage alliance, marrying into the top-tier Ji family in the capital and becoming the wife of Ji Yunhe, a member of a collateral branch.

He was a notorious playboy in the capital, and people said he had a first love living abroad.

So Shu Tang had to wear the labels of well-read and mannerly, gentle and considerate, elegant and beautiful.

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Shortly before the wedding, Ji Yunhe's first love returned from abroad.

Ji Yunhe left a family banquet and, when he came back, called off the engagement.

The marriage alliance between the Ji and Shu families was the Shu family's chance to climb higher. Shu Tang's father scolded her for being useless and demanded that she marry into the Ji family no matter what.

The wedding had to go ahead as planned.

Shu Tang had no choice but to meet Ji Yunhe, only to receive a cold refusal.

She stumbled out of the Ji residence, drenched by a sudden downpour.

A blinding flash of light streaked past, and a black Bentley stopped diagonally in front of Su Tang.

The man in the back seat lowered the window halfway, revealing his stern profile. "Miss Shu, get in."

It was Ji Yanxiu, the eldest son and grandson of the Ji family.

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The distinguished families who had been waiting to see Shu Tang make a fool of herself were greeted instead by news of her wedding to Ji Yanxiu.

The wedding took everyone by surprise. Some people boldly guessed that Shu Tang had gotten hold of Ji Yanxiu's weakness or leverage.

That night, Ji Yanxiu pressed Shu Tang against the door and whispered in her ear, "Mrs. Ji, whatever you do, don't make the rumors come true."

Shu Tang thought Ji Yanxiu wanted her to play the part of the perfect wife and protect the Ji family's reputation.

"Don't worry, Mr. Ji." Shu Tang's ears turned red, but her voice was clear.

Ji Yanxiu had helped her out of a tight spot. It was only right for her to agree to his request.

But... why were this man's requests getting stranger and stranger?

Holding hands and acting affectionate in public made sense, but why did they have to cuddle and embrace in private too?

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Only after Shu Tang left him did Ji Yunhe awaken from his dream.

He wanted to get Shu Tang back from Ji Yanxiu.

"You can't have the Ji family, and you can't have Shu Tang either." Ji Yanxiu blocked the doorway, staring coldly at Ji Yunhe. "Besides, Shu Tang was the one you let go."

Behind him, Shu Tang's figure flashed past.

Ji Yunhe went mad and tried to force his way inside.

Bang.

The door slammed shut in his face.

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Shu Tang didn't know that fate had already entwined her with Ji Yanxiu on the streets of London that winter.

Theme: Clouds only meet for a brief time