Original Title: Bìn biān bùshì hǎitáng hóng
Author: Shuǐ rú tiān er
Beiping in 1933 was the busiest city in China. The crowd in this city is different from other places. Not only is it full of flamboyant people and foreigner, but this place is also full of entertainment. Opera Kunqu, Beiping Opera, Qin Drum Player, all the traditional arts you can imagine are on a magnificent stage.
Here is also the place where the opera group leader "Shui Yun Tower" and also the actor who is famous for rumors, Shang Xirui, meets with Cheng Fengtai, the Cheng family's second young master from Shanghai.
Cheng Fengtai removed the red plum flowers on Shang Xirui's hair and placed them in his own clothes. He smiled, like in a dream, with his eyes half closed, as if he were already inside the Eternal Palace.
Shang Xirui sang, "Come here, I will walk with the Second Master."
Cheng Fengtai replied, "I will always be with you as long as you want."
This is the story of two people who met because the play on stage, the words they express like two lines of poetry.
This is the story of "Winter Begonia"
Nixon is the 3rd book in the Broken Series. (Ryan is the 1st, Brynn is the 2nd)
Nixon leaves rehab early because he can't deal with being there anymore. His sister Kelis finds someone in need of a roommate so he moves in with the girl and gives her his middle name, Lucas. He quickly becomes addicted to the girl and once he gets one taste he's done for. He warns her about his past, about his name, but she ignores all the red flags, not realizing exactly how intertwined she is with the people from his past. He becomes enamored with her, feels like she was made for him while still battling the demons of his past and soon it all becomes too much for him to handle. He makes a heartbreaking decision, thinking it's what's best for both of them and everything changes.
Trigger/Content Warning: this book contains mature content, talks of suicide, mental and physical abuse, selfharm, drug use, and addiction
Cover designed by Anastasia Wright