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Chapter 5: The Observer and the Hunted

  It was a call from Maiduo's store. Peng Ye answered, terse: "Hello?" "Beep...beep..." The line went dead. He tried to call back; the line was busy. He pocketed the phone, his brow furrowed. Cheng Jia, impatient, slammed the receiver down. After a few seconds, she redialed, only to find the line engaged. "How much?" she asked the girl. The salesgirl waved a hand. "The call didn't connect, no charge." Cheng Jia wordlessly leaned against the door, lighting a cigarette. The girl watched her with open curiosity, but when her eyes met Cheng Jia's cool, indifferent gaze, she stuck out her tongue sheepishly and turned away, smiling. "Do you sell cigarettes here?" Cheng Jia asked. Her Marlboros were dwindling, and supplies here were meager. "For sale," the girl replied, pointing to the glass cabinet. Cheng Jia pushed the Marlboro pack forward. "Do you have this kind?" "No, but look at these." The girl...
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Heartfelt Thoughts

 


Original Title: 心尖意

Author: Tian Ruyu 天如玉

Raw Link: Xinjianyi

Total Chapters: 106 Chapters


Synopsis:

Shunyin and Mu Changzhou shared a childhood defined by silence and distance. She was reserved; he was quiet. In the rare moments their paths crossed, she maintained polite formality, addressing him only as "Second Brother Mu."

At seventeen, he astonished the two capitals by passing the imperial examination, instantly becoming a renowned scholar sought after by countless noble families. Even his father was eager to arrange an advantageous marriage. Shunyin, observing the frail, fair-skinned figure from afar at the Qujiang Night Banquet, simply shook her head. "He and I are not of the same ilk."

From that night, their worlds diverged. Both believed they had secured bright, separate futures, their paths never destined to cross again...

She could never have imagined that when their eyes finally met again years later, the changes would be profound—not only in their circumstances but in their very selves. Nor could she have foreseen the day he would allow her the intimate warmth of calling him "Erlang."

A soft, rhetorical question lingers between them: "Now we are of the same ilk?"

A story of a childhood connection, a marriage arranged first, then love discovered.

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