Pure Romance | Business | Food | Everyday Life | Ensemble Cast
Radiant, big-sister type heroine × Fragile, untouchable beauty
Though she left home to open a jewelry shop in Lin'an and was now independent and decisive, Luo Mingzhao was actually a very softhearted girl.
A stray dog with nowhere to spend the winter? Help it.
A mute fugitive with no money? Help him.
A woman condemned by everyone after her divorce? Help her.
A beggar with nowhere to stay, bullied by others? Help them.
A young bookshop owner, feverish and alone, collapsed by the roadside on a rainy night? Help...
Wait a minute?!
Isn't this the man she's been secretly in love with for ages?
Maybe she shouldn't help him, Luo Mingzhao thought.
She should win him over!
In Lin'an, there was a bookshop called Thatched Abode. Its owner, Yue Sinian, was a quiet scholar. One day, a bright, bold young woman walked into the shop and greeted him with, "Brother Sinian!"
Yue Sinian was baffled. His peach-blossom eyes were full of confusion. "Miss, I don't believe we've ever met."
"No matter. You'll have plenty of chances to see me from now on, Brother Sinian."
From that day on, the girl came to the shop every day to fuss over him, calling him Brother Sinian at every turn. Even the cool and self-possessed Yue Sinian was thrown into disarray by someone so bright.
Yet not long after the two confessed their feelings, she suddenly vanished without a trace. Only then did Yue Sinian understand that perhaps he was the only one who had taken seriously her talk of spending a lifetime together, just the two of them.
When they met again, Yue Sinian recognized the girl at once, her arm linked with someone else's. Gritting his teeth and smiling, he pushed through the crowd and took her by the wrist.
"Four hundred and seventy-seven days, little sister Mingzhao." Yue Sinian chuckled. "Didn't you promise to marry me? Why did you run off on your own?"
Little scenes:
The first day Mingzhao was gone: I miss her.
The second day Mingzhao was gone: I miss her.
The tenth day Mingzhao was gone: Where did she go? Why hasn't she come back yet?
The twentieth day Mingzhao was gone: Did she break off the engagement? No, no! Could someone have taken her because she was so popular?
The seventieth day Mingzhao was gone: I hate the bright moon for shining on everyone but me! It's all her fault for being so radiant! How could anyone who sees her not like her? But if she agreed to marry me, how could she just leave with someone else? I hate this! I hate this! I hate this!
The hundredth day Mingzhao was gone: I don't care if she left with someone else. If she comes back today, I'll let bygones be bygones and forgive her.
The two-hundredth day Mingzhao was gone: I miss Luo Mingzhao so much.
The three-hundredth day Mingzhao was gone: Did I do something to upset her? I'll change everything if she tells me to. When is she coming back?
The four-hundredth day Mingzhao was gone: I miss Luo Mingzhao so much.
The four-hundred-and-seventy-seventh day Mingzhao was gone: Little sister Mingzhao, long time no see.
● A few friendly reminders before you read:
1. The setting is inspired by the Song dynasty and serves the story, so please don't scrutinize it too closely.
2. A slow-paced, everyday-life story, written for practice. The leads dote on each other. Both are sexually inexperienced, and it has a happy ending.
3. An important supporting character transmigrates.
4. About the update schedule.
Story launch: March 5 at 9 p.m.
Updates: At least every other day, with a goal of daily updates. If there's no update by 9:30 p.m., it'll be posted the next day.
Blurb written on 20250713
Theme: Love can bring spring back to autumn, and even spilled water can be gathered again.
