An Ounce of Blue

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Si Chen's handsome face appeared briefly on international news and was captured by netizens.

In the footage, the man wore a sharp suit. His cool, deep-set features were perfectly suited to the solemn occasion.

Netizens clipped the one-second shot into a slow-motion GIF, and it swept across social media.

A closer look at his résumé revealed an outstanding prodigy, the kind most people could only aspire to be.

A netizen dug up his personal social media account. Only ten reposts were visible, a far cry from the hundreds of posts he had hidden.

But his latest post was a pair of wedding rings, overlapped.

Si Chen's early marriage disappointed the netizens who had come looking for gossip. Heartbroken, they scoured the list of the mere ten accounts he followed, but couldn't figure out who his wife was.

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Lan Xia became the youngest and most sought-after Impressionist oil painter. Her beautiful Asian features made her a familiar face on the international scene.

In gratitude for the years she had spent living with the Si family as a child, Lan Xia made a point of returning from overseas every year for Old Master Si's birthday.

Only, on her first few visits, she had deliberately avoided the younger members of the Si family and never met them.

This year, though, Si Chen was the one who opened the door every time.

Old Master Si appeared from behind him with a cheerful smile. "This is your big brother, Si Chen. It's been so many years. Do you still remember him?"

Lan Xia quietly said she did, but a memory flashed through her mind: one summer, she and Si Chen had been in the attic, the cicadas' cries so loud they made her scalp prickle.

Si Chen braced both hands on the desk behind her, trapping her in a small corner. As the temperature climbed, he gently brushed his lips against hers.

The tips of his ears turned red, and his voice was just a little hoarse. "Don't be mad anymore. I'll do whatever you say."

*Both leads have only ever been with each other, in body and heart.

*Four-year age gap.

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