This Letter Isn't Meant for You

[Forbidden romance and substitute-lover story, short serial, not paid]

Before he died, Shen Yuheng's comrade Zhou Ze asked him to conceal his death and look after his girlfriend, Su Tang. Her parents had just passed away, and he feared she couldn't bear a third blow.

Zhou Ze had died taking a bullet for him. Shen Yuheng felt indebted to him, so he agreed.

He began learning Zhou Ze's manner of speaking, imitating his voice and handwriting, and corresponding with Su Tang, asking after her life and work.

He thought he had taken good care of her and helped her through the loss of both her parents.

Until the day before he planned to tell her the truth, Su Tang suddenly came to the military base to visit Zhou Ze...

Shen Yuheng stood at the base entrance and, pretending to be calm, said, “Zhou Ze went on a mission.”

Su Tang looked straight at him and slowly replied,

“I came to see you.”

Note: All soldiers in this story are portrayed positively. The female lead does nothing that violates her moral principles.

The blurb was written on July 3, 2024, and a screenshot has been saved as proof.

Coming soon: Cloud Nine

[Five-year age gap | Powerful man lowers his head | Female prosecutor x powerful Beijing elite]

Xiang Qing first met Pei Yichuan beneath a rain-soaked eave at Peking University. She ducked under his umbrella. “Sir, may I borrow your umbrella to shelter from the rain?”

Pei Yichuan glanced at her formal attire and silently allowed her presumptuous intrusion.

She used that umbrella for the next four years.

Xiang Qing wasn't a bad person, but she wasn't a good person either.

She had struggled through the mire for over twenty years, seen the beasts lurking on several mountains, and lived in dark, cramped mud-brick houses. She was determined to climb higher. No one could make her stay unless they had something to offer her.

The day she left Pei Yichuan, she turned away without hesitation and told him calmly,

“I want to stand at the very top.”

Later, her career really did flourish, until someone close to her dragged her back into the mire. As rain poured down, she was stranded on the steps by the roadside.

Suddenly, the rain stopped in a small patch above her. She looked up to see Pei Yichuan approaching with a black umbrella, the first time she had seen him in ages.

His perfectly tailored suit was damp at the shoulders. His fingers had gone white around the umbrella handle. For the first time, he saw tears in her eyes.

The man's expression was cool and detached as he tilted the umbrella toward her.

“You can borrow my umbrella one more time.”

/

“Since I was the one who lifted her into the clouds, how could I ever let her fall?”

Theme: Seeing your letter is like seeing you in person.