LIKE

Name: LIKE
Author: Xiutu City

by Xiutu City (休屠城)

Status: Completed
Length: 557k Words
Genre: Romance
Era: Modern Era
Updated: 5mo ago
Source: JJWXC

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Synopsis

After He Xun went blind, he insisted on returning to his old family home in the countryside.

In the bright spring sunshine, climbing roses crept over the villa’s gate. He Xun kept mostly to himself and, in just a few months, drove away three housekeepers.

The last housekeeper he hired was irresponsible, liked taking advantage of others, lied constantly, and behaved inappropriately.

She said she was thirty-eight, with small eyes, a crooked mouth, and a face full of freckles. A widowed, lonely woman with no one to rely on, she begged him not to fire her.

The more He Xun thought about it, the more suspicious it all seemed.

Later, he tried to piece together the real image of this woman: twenty-eight years old, a single mother, dyed hair and dance dresses, a grown-up little delinquent who conned and cheated people.

# Beautiful dreams, like beautiful poems, are hard to come by. They often appear when you least expect them.

I like those kinds of dreams. In them, everything can begin again, everything can be explained in time, and you can even feel the joy and gratitude of having all the time you wasted return to you. # (Xi Murong)

Reading guide:

1. Both leads have exes, and their past romances will be described in detail. Please don’t read if that bothers you.

2. The heroine is a single mother, and the child is her biological child, not the hero’s.

3. If any of these are dealbreakers for you, please don’t read.

Theme: Live well

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8.3Score

127.2kNutrient gifts

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