Huo Chenyu looked puzzled, but then he saw Tang Li slightly rise from his seat and hand him the book that Huo Chenyu had snatched away but hadn't finished writing on:

"Although I wrote the book, you may not like it, but the second female lead's role is that of your fiancée, so you can take a look."

The signature on the book wasn't finished yet.

An incomplete life will always be incomplete.

Imperfection has its own beauty, but who doesn't want perfection?

Tang Li saw Huo Chenyu's gaze fall on that page, so she removed the cap from her pen, and the words "Falling Clouds and Smoke" appeared on the paper. She then finished writing the rest of the page.

Even if he falls in love with someone else, she still hopes that he will eventually find happiness.

After finishing that word, Tang Li's trembling hands calmed down, and then he casually signed his pen name on the back:

Pear trees accompanied by rain.

Looking at Tang Li's elegant and refined message, Huo Chenyu took the book and turned to leave without saying a word.

The door closed.

Tang Li slumped in her chair in the private room, the delicious food on the table in front of her no longer arousing her taste buds or appetite.

Looking in the direction Huo Chenyu had left, Tang Li's eyes glistened with tears.

Then, she picked up her chopsticks again and began to eat heartily the dishes she loved.

Inside the car.

Huo Chenyu sat in the back seat in silence for a long time, holding the book that Tang Li had handed him. He opened the cover, and the handwriting inside was as beautiful as the person, breathtakingly so.

Assistant Jiang Mian didn't drive. Instead, she turned around, stared at Huo Chenyu for a couple of seconds, and asked:

"Boss, should we take... cough cough, should we take Miss Tang home?"

Jiang Mian was used to calling her "Madam," and the sudden change made her feel very uncomfortable.

Do you remember three years ago when Huo Chenyu brought Tang Li back? The first time they met, Huo Chenyu said to him, "This is your wife. You can also call her sister-in-law."

Calling her "sister-in-law" makes it seem less formal.

Jiang Mian felt that Tang Li seemed timid at their first meeting, and was afraid that calling her "sister-in-law" would be too intimate and make her uncomfortable, so she called her "madam" to show respect.

Unexpectedly, this one call lasted for three years without any change in address.

During these three years, on many occasions when the family was reunited, Jiang Mian would come to give Tang Li gifts and then sit in the car at the villa entrance, silently keeping her company.

Huo Chenyu suddenly raised his head and asked Jiang Mian:

Do you know when she started writing books?

When did it start?

The first holiday she spent alone three years ago?

Or was it on a night when inspiration struck?

Or is it when longing becomes an illness?

No, not at all. Going back even further, Tang Li was already a well-known online novelist when he was in school.

However, Tang Li changed her pen name after marrying Huo Chenyu.

Jiang Mian shook his head:

"I only know that on several occasions, when I delivered gifts to the lady, I saw the light on in the study on the second floor, and it stayed on all night."

No wonder she seemed to have been sleeping poorly when I saw her during that time.

Huo Chenyu touched Tang Li's pen name and softly read it aloud:

"Pear trees accompanied by rain".

Jiang Mian is a talented graduate of the School of Literature at the Normal University. He is Huo Chenyu's senior secretary, assistant, and driver. He holds multiple positions because he is an orphan and tends to overthink when he is alone, so he might as well do more work.

Huo Chenyu relied on him a lot.

Upon hearing these four words, Jiang Mian blurted out:

"A few wisps of smoke rise from the chimneys, and snow falls on the pear blossoms."

Huo Chenyu frowned slightly, while Jiang Mian smiled bitterly:

"Boss, your wife's love for you is as deep as the sea."

Huo Chenyu looked puzzled. Jiang Mian reached out and pointed to Tang Li's pen name, saying:

"The pear tree stands by the rain. The lady's name is Tang Li, which means 'by the rain.' The eldest son's name contains the character 'Yu,' so Tang Li stands by Yu. The lady wishes to stay by the eldest son's side for a long, long time."

Pear trees accompanied by rain.

Tang Li accompanied me.

Huo Chenyu was well aware of such an obvious expression of affection.

The romance of cultured people is fully displayed at this moment.

Huo Chenyu didn't bother to correct Jiang Mian's way of addressing Tang Li, so he just let him call him that.

But Jiang Mian stared at the four characters "Tang Li Ban Yu" (棠梨伴雨, meaning "Pear Blossoms Accompanied by Rain") for a long time before sighing and changing the subject:

"It's just a pity..."

Jiang Mian stopped speaking abruptly when she saw the sorrow in Huo Chenyu's eyes.

Huo Chenyu quickly pressed for an answer:

"What's the pity?"