short series

You and the Earthly Fireworks

share time: 2026-02-23 12:35:24

Street chef Shen Wanyi accidentally rescues Gu Zhao, a severely injured "little beggar", nursing him back to health with warm congee and home-cooked meals daily. As they grow closer, the once cold Gu Zhao becomes her restaurant's "helper"—sneaking hand touches while wiping tables, shielding her from oil splatters when cooking, even making neighbors joke he's a "future son-in-law". But when an imperial edict arrives and Gu Zhao mounts his horse, Shen Wanyi discovers the truth: he's the Northern King with 100,000 troops, and the "Living Yama" who supposedly massacred her family years ago! Just as she raises a kitchen knife to him, Gu Zhao pulls out the osmanthus cake she'd mentioned, trembling: "I didn't take part in the massacre. I've searched for you ten years—to be your Gu Zhao, not a king." Turns out the massacre was an emperor's frame-up; Gu Zhao went incognito to find the little girl who gave him half a cake as a child—Shen Wanyi. In the end, he kneels before her with an abdication edict, troops disarmed behind him: "The kingdom belongs to others. You are my earthly fireworks."

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