short series

Under the Dimming Lights with Him

share time: 2025-11-13 00:34:19

In the old alley’s "Guixu Bookstore", Su Wan has waited three years with a scratch-marked copper lantern—the token of love left by her missing boyfriend, Lu Jingshen. Until one day, Lu Jingshen, in a suit, steps in with a demolition plan, his eyes cold and alien: "I’m the investment company’s director. I’m here to tear down this worthless old alley." She clutches the lantern, sobbing his name "Jingshen", recounting the nights they spent writing stories in the attic. But Lu Jingshen can only feel a dull pain in his chest, with no memory of the past. Until he finds a yellowed photo: in it, he’s holding Su Wan, the bookstore’s sign glowing warm behind them, with a tiny note: "Wait for me. I’ll marry you." It turns out his "disappearance" was a plotted accident—and what he lost wasn’t just memory, but the promise to spend his life with her…

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