short series

Mountains and Seas in the Alley

share time: 2026-01-11 12:33:01

Lin Xiaoman runs her grandfather’s "Shanhai Dessert Shop"—Grandpa always said, "This shop holds the mountains and seas of the old alley." She spends her days making ginger milk and sweet taro soup, chatting with neighbors, living a warm, down-to-earth life—until a demolition notice slams onto her counter. The project leader? Gu Huaizhi, her childhood sweetheart who vanished without a word a decade ago. Now a cold, sharp-suited elite, he says coldly, "This shabby shop has to go"—yet secretly climbs a ladder to fix her leaky roof, lingers late at night sipping her ginger milk, his eyes soft like the sugar syrup they used to lick as kids. Xiaoman calls him a "traitor" while touching the old glass marble in her drawer (a gift from Gu years ago), oblivious to the files in his briefcase: a villain is plotting to seize the old alley’s land, and he’s back not to destroy, but to protect the "mountains and seas" Grandpa spoke of—and the love they once shared in the sweetness of childhood.

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