Wild Gardenia 作对 by Cen Li 岑利

[1] Esports player Xie Ye became famous at the age of eighteen and retired at twenty-three.

Fans were curious about what this gaming god would do after retiring, until one day, a video suddenly surfaced online.

In the video, the familiar man appeared calm and indifferent, while in front of him stood a slim woman. She waved her hand at the man.

Xie Ye didn’t move, only lowering his gaze to look at her.

After five seconds of tense eye contact, Xie Ye seemed to sigh, ultimately giving in and bending down slightly.

The woman’s eyes crinkled with a smile as she raised her hand to place a pink flashing sign on his head.

The pink flashing sign clearly displayed a line of words:

“Taking photos, 5 yuan per shot.”

Following that line, four more words flashed:

“This person is taken.”

[2] Cold and classical “Gardenia”

“I’ve calculated Xie Ye’s fortune—he was destined to have bad romantic luck until before college.”

Arrogant and unrestrained “Big Brother Ye”

“Chi Zhiyu, your boyfriend is waiting for you to take him home.”

On his birthday, Xie Ye posted a tweet.

It contained just one sentence.

With the cautiousness of his youth, the earnestness of his young adulthood, and the long passage of time in between, he straightforwardly told everyone—

WildGardenia: [“I married the girl I’ve admired for many years.”]