short series

When the Old Year Ends, the Ex-Husband Regrets

share time: 2025-11-13 12:32:18

Three years after divorce, Ma Qianqian transformed from Li Kele’s “drab housewife who only cooks” to a food blogger with millions of fans sharing “homely warmth,” and opened a store collecting old items and their stories. On New Year’s Eve, she’s setting up an “Old Things for Sweetness” stall (exchanging old items for her homemade sugar cookies) with her partner Lin Chuan when a drunk Li Kele stumbles in—he just went bankrupt from a failed investment and found Qianqian’s three-year-old WeChat post: “He worked until midnight. I sunned his sweater three times and made ginger tea to wait for him.” Seeing Qianqian in a light blue knit dress, laughing at guests, Li Kele pulls out his old house key with red eyes: “I sold the house. I can take care of you…” But before he finishes, Lin Chuan comes over with hot cocoa, gently wiping cookie crumbs from Qianqian’s lips, his eyes full of unhidden tenderness. The scent of old ginger tea lingers, while New Year’s fireworks rise. Qianqian touches the old keychain Li Kele slipped her—the one she gave him years ago—and smiles: “But I’m no longer the one who waited for you until midnight…”

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