They first met on the main street of Sui Feng. By then, the pear blossoms had already fallen, with only a few remaining branches swaying precariously. Yet in Lin Mingxiao’s memory, those blossoms had been the most magnificent of his entire youth, more than twenty years of springtime.
When the last layer of pretense was stripped away, Li Yunsheng stood revealed in the daylight.
In the little room where Lin Mingxiao kept him, the two spent three days lost in passion.
The second time they met was in Lin Mingxiao’s military camp. The pear blossoms were in full bloom then, and in Li Yunsheng’s mind, that was the only time the pear trees of Sui Feng had ever blossomed.
They say Sui Feng has two wonders: pear blossoms in spring and ginkgo trees a hundred years old. They’re not wrong.
Li Yunsheng saw the pear blossoms in full bloom only once, and he spent the rest of his life lost in their spell.
So when Lin Mingxiao’s ashes were placed in his hands, Li Yunsheng still believed that Lin Mingxiao was right behind him, smiling at him as he always used to.
All he had to do was turn around, and he would see...
Q: What is love?
Li Yunsheng: Every day, every night
Lin Mingxiao: Yunsheng
Proud, doting commander × cold, lonely engineer who craves affection
(BE, with melodramatic plotlines: faked death, first love returns from abroad)
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