When the Wheat Ripens

When we were seventeen, Pei Cen and I discovered we were living inside a sweet romance novel. He was the male lead, while I was nothing more than a random background character. Pei Cen was so furious he tore the book to shreds and said to me, “I don’t care about being the male lead. I’m not going to fall for anyone else!” When we were twenty-two, I did end up going abroad, just like the book said I would. Pei Cen stroked my hair and promised, “When you come back, we’ll get married.” At twenty-seven, I returned home. I came back to attend Pei Cen’s wedding to the female lead.