As an ordinary person, He Man was reasonably content with her life. Her looks, education, and job weren't the best, but they were enough to get by in Yuncheng.
The one thing that wasn't going well was her love life...
She decided to quit while she was ahead and go out for a couple of drinks.
That night she got drunk and got into trouble: she picked up a younger guy, Xiang Chen.
Xiang Chen was great in every way, but they weren't right for each other.
Their lives ran on different schedules.
He Man figured he hadn't experienced love before, and that he was simply infatuated with her in the moment.
She waited for the day he'd get tired of her and walk away.
But eventually, he didn't get tired of her, and she found she couldn't bear to let him go.
Xiang Chen knew that a lot of people saw him as dazzling, with everything they dreamed of.
Only he knew that he had always been trapped in a frozen wasteland.
Then, by sheer luck, he found a bonfire.
He was willing to spend the rest of his life by its warmth.
Notes:
1. Fake replacement romance. The heroine has had several exes, while the hero is a virgin.
2. Older woman-younger man romance, ages 28 and 22, one-on-one, happy ending.
3. More serious in tone, slow burn.
4. Updates daily at 11:30 p.m. If there's no update, I'll post a leave notice in the blurb.
This is an experimental practice piece where the author is trying to spot and fix mistakes. It's full of flaws, so if anything feels off, leave immediately...
Blurb framework written on 2026-09-30
Theme: Carving a boat to mark the spot where one's sword fell
