It was a small painting, capturing the view of them coming down from the clock tower and returning by carriage, purchased from a street artist selling paintings.
“I think I’ll be reminded of today whenever I look at this painting.”
Amidst the vibrant spring sky and the fluttering cherry blossoms, Herdin was also present in that beautiful scenery.
The sound of his voice came just when she recalled his face.
“Do you really like that painting?”
Startled by the soft voice echoing in her ears, Blair turned her head, only to find that Herdin had quietly approached from behind.
He held the frame up to inspect the painting. With him so close, his warmth and face were uncomfortably near.
If she breathed too heavily, it might reach him.
Blair, afraid their eyes might meet, quickly turned her gaze forward. In the silence, she nervously wondered if he could hear her pounding heart.
In an attempt to break the silence, Blair nodded and replied to his question.
“Yes, I like it. Whenever I look at this painting, I’ll think of today. The cherry blossoms were beautiful, and the little one selling rings was cute too…”
Herdin recalled Blair’s hand wearing the simple ring. Her delicate and fair fingers made even such a modest ring look beautiful.
“The cherry blossom-shaped cream bread was delicious too.”
With memories of Blair savoring the cream bread and the sweet taste lingering in her mouth, he remembered her surprised face as her fingers touched the cream.
“Though climbing up the clock tower was challenging… the scenery was incredibly beautiful.”
Unwittingly, Blair forgot about the distance between them and was deeply immersed in today’s conversation.
Herdin looked at Blair, who was animatedly telling the story, with an excited expression.
Blair’s gentle, murmuring voice was pleasant to hear.
Her violet eyes, sparkling like dreams, were once again beautiful.
“Still, thanks to you, coming down―”
“Blair.”
Herdin couldn’t wait for her to finish and called out to her.
Blair, unaware of the faint warmth in his tender voice, casually turned her head to look at him.
Without missing the opportunity, Herdin kissed her lips. At the same time, he pulled her slender waist closer.
Startled, Blair, who initially tried to push him away, soon closed her eyes, accepting him.
Herdin laid Blair on the bed and continued the kiss.
The kisses, initially soft and repetitive, gradually became more intense, as if devouring her.
“Ugh…”
When the breathless Blair moaned and pushed him away, Herdin moved to her pale neck.
Flowers bloomed wherever his lips touched, like the cherry blossoms they saw today.
After satisfyingly blooming flowers all over her body, Herdin raised his upper body.
He then embraced Blair’s trembling body and immediately entwined with her. A sensation as sweet as cream enveloped his entire being.
He looked down at the woman in his arms, licking his wet lips.
“Herdin…”
A small body covered entirely in his traces, lips reddened from biting and sucking, eyes with tears, and…
The spring landscape existing in the bright-eyed iris, resembling the color of forget-me-nots.
Blair might consider it grotesque, but whenever he looked at the painting in the frame, he thought of her in this moment.
Herdin gazed at the spring within the woman’s eyes, then leaned down, gently meeting her lips.
Behind the shadows of the two entwined figures, cherry blossoms were falling like rain.
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The flowers succumbed to several days of spring rain.
Herdin, now looking at the morning scene of the garden filled with greenery, walked along the long corridor and entered a room that had become more familiar than his own.
The owner of the room seemed to be deeply asleep.
Herdin tiptoed around the room.
On the table near the fireplace, instead of a marshmallow dish, a scented candle was placed. He had been practicing lighting candles for a few days, getting accustomed to the flame.
As he approached the bed, Blair, as expected, was sound asleep.
Herdin raised his arm to check his wristwatch. There were about 15 minutes left until the early hour he had called for the carriage.
It would be good to wake her up before that.
Of course, he could wake her, but what stopped him was the last bit of conscience that made her sleep until this hour.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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