[Romantic suspense / size difference / mutual salvation]
🌧 Couple: gloomy, sickly, gentle artist x manipulative, mature police chief
Before Xu Qu died unexpectedly, a tall, disheveled, strong neighbor moved in next door. The muscles in his arms stood out, and he always kept his head bowed.
She had never gotten a good look at his eyes.
Then, one day, she was reborn.
When she saw her neighbor sitting in the police chief's seat, she was utterly confused.
The man's hair was neatly combed, his dark eyes sharp and composed. In his black uniform, he looked like the restrained type of man from an old-fashioned novel. The black mole on his collarbone seemed especially sexy.
They stared at each other for two seconds, three, four. Then he picked up his coat and walked toward her.
Xu Qu had just one thought.
Turn yourself in.
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The wind scattered the footprints. Someone tore down the police tape.
Ten years ago, a bizarre case, hastily dealt with, took place in Fuhai Town.
A famous artist was deliberately murdered by her neighbor. The room's surveillance cameras had recorded the entire event, but when the police investigated, they discovered that the missing "killer" had no identity records at all, as if the person had never existed.
Now, the person who had never existed had become "her."
Chief Chen's eyes were as dark as ink. "Ms. Xu, as a famous artist, why did you faint by the roadside? Please contact your family as soon as possible. First City is about to go into lockdown, and the police station is very busy."
W-what city?
In "her" Fuhai Town, there were boats, waves, villas, and ocean views. It had the ideal living conditions, a perfect welfare system, and was a fantastic tourist destination.
But all of it existed only in an artbook.
The Death of Fuhai Town
Written by Xu Qu.
[Little interlude]
New World Year 1368, New Year's Day.
Xu Qu disagreed with what Officer Chen had written on the gift card. She looked up at the snow falling from the sky. It was her first time seeing snow, and the cold had reddened her hands and nose.
"It could just be turned upside down, too," she said softly.
Chen Xiyu never told her that, at first, he had wanted to shatter it.
In her world.
He had indeed done just that.
"Xu Qu, look at me."
"This is the way you chose to die. Let me help you... find release."
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Reading guide:
1. The plot is fictional. Please don't overanalyze it.
2. SC
3. The heroine is very, very frail, somewhat of a magnet for admirers, and has a few one-sided crushes directed at her.
Original title: Snow and Glass Marbles --------------🌨❄🌧
Chen Xiyu thinks Xu Qu is like a glass marble.
Translucent, fair, fragile.
/ The pretty bubbles of snow inside the marble only float when it's shaken. /
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Theme: Cherish life and love life
