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1 Year of Beginning

“Give me one year of your life and I’ll give you the money you need.” Feng Mian is a normal and down to earth modern woman. She just wanted an ordinary life, an ordinary job and find an ordinary man to marry in the future. (Yes, all should be ordinary). But when family matters took a turn for the worst, she faced a huge dilemma called shortage of money. Suddenly, a contract came due to a series of coincidences. Zhang Liang was fed up with his father's (yes, father not mother) matchmaking schemes for him. He wanted to have a peaceful year because this was his chance to expand his business overseas, yet his father didn’t seem to get the message. When an ordinary fresh graduate employee in his company accidentally saw a scene, he decided to take the chance. “Since she has a normal background with nothing remarkable, nothing should go wrong, right?” Browsing through the contract, Feng Mian gritted her teeth. 'Fine. It was just one year of my life anyway. I wouldn't lose a lot.' But was it true? Or would that one year turn out to be a ride full of ups and down for both of them? ... Story set in modern era in fictional country. This story is purely fiction, any similarities with real life's event is purely coincidence. Special thanks for CatarinaM2811 for making the cover Word count: 900-1800 words/chapter Discord: https://discord.gg/pBy2wGB ... Thorough the Years' Series: 1. 1 Year of Beginning [complete] 2. 2 Years of Restarting [complete] 3. -Work in Progress- 4. -Work in Progress- 5. -Work in Progress- 6. -Work in Progress- 7. -Work in Progress- The series are all STANDALONE, meaning you don't have to read the other series in order to be able to follow this story. You can just read one and you still didn't lose anything. Each of the series have different main leads but they all happen in the same universe (and similar timeline, some are overlapping but mostly not) ... Other novels: -Flowers Bloom from Battlefield [complete] - Under the Veil of Night [complete] - 7 Path of the Lilies [on long hiatus] - Villain Lady [complete] - Science and Fantasy [complete] - Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower [on going] - The Quiet Empress [on going] ... Note for those who read Sorahana's other novels: This novel took a different approach compared to my other novels because it focused heavily on romance and also in main lead's perspective. follow me on IG: @sora100518

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Dressing Up

Feng Mian settled with a long sleeve blue dress that she found. It was beautiful and looked simpler without much decoration on the surface. The design was very suitable for Feng Mian, which made her like it so much.

After Zhang Liang had finished taking a bath, it was Feng Mian's turn to take a bath. She tried the dress after she had finished. Looking at her image in the mirror, she was stunned to see that the dress fit her beautifully. It seemed as if the dress was tailored specially for her.

Klek!

"You look beautiful."

"Ah, Da Jie," Feng Mian looked at the door and saw Lu Di La walking in. She had already changed her dress to a beautiful long purple dress. Unlike Feng Mian's, the dress was short sleeve and was one that was more fitted to the body, showing the curve much better.

Lu Di La smiled apologetically. "Sorry about that before. Xue is a bit playful and loves to tease his brother."

"Ah, it's fine."

Right now, Feng Mian was doing everything she could to erase that image from her brain because it was too much for her. If she remembered it, she knew that her cheek would turn red out of embarrassment. It would be better for her if she didn't remember any of them at all.

"Let's start to take care of your hair."

"Eh, I'm first?"

"I have a hairstylist who will come here in the afternoon, so I can do yours first."

Feng Mian's eyes widened in amazement. "Wow, you can style other people's hair, Da Jie?"

"I already do it a lot with Xiao Ai."

"Ah right, Zhang Ai will come here later, right?"

Feng Mian completely refuse to call Zhang Ai with the word 'Xiao.' As the one far shorter than Zhang Ai, she couldn't imagine calling that giant as small. Even though Zhang Ai is younger than her, Feng Mian chose to keep calling Zhang Ai using the latter's real name.

Lu Di La nodded. "She had to shoot some films first, so she might come here a bit late."

"Oh. Zhang Ai is very busy lately."

"She's going to pursue her career in the entertainment circle. It's not that weird for her to focus completely on her career now."

"I see."

Lu Di La combed Feng Mian's hair slowly. Since Feng Mian rarely combed her hair thoroughly, there were a lot of tangles here and there. It took a long time for Lu Di La to straighten Feng Mian's hair.

After she was done, she began to arrange Feng Mian's hair slowly. She lightly patted Feng Mian's head.

"Hey!"

"Sorry, your hair is just really soft and nice to pat."

Feng Mian pursed her lips. "That's just an excuse."

Lu Di La laughed. She began to change Feng Mian's hairstyle to make a bun following a traditional hairstyle that hadn't been used much lately. It took some time, but when Feng Mian looked at her appearance, she was stunned.

Her hair was only tied half with some complex way on the back. She couldn't see it fully, but it looked really good.

"Da Jie, is there really any need to make it like this?"

"It's important to keep your appearance. As for your makeup, we'll start after lunch. I'm going to style my hair first."

"Ok."

Feng Mian ate her lunch, which was a rice box sent from the hotel. After getting used to eating a lot of expensive meals in Zhang Liang's house, she no longer feels bothered to eat the meal. Internally, she was worried that she would get too used to this lifestyle and unable to return back to her own life.

Lu Di La came back two hours afterwards. She had her hair styled on the back, forming a large bun. Feng Mian didn't even understand how it could stay on Lu Di La's hair without moving in the slightest bit. Lu Di La told her that it was the result of the hairpins.

At the same time, Lu Di La also wore light makeup on her face. It made her look a bit older yet at the same time elegant.

"Your makeup is really good, Da Jie."

"It's your turn. We need to cover up the black circle under your eyes."

"Right."

Feng Mian sat silently on her chair while Lu Di La began to work with the makeup. Actually, she could just ask the hair stylist and makeup artist to take care of her appearance, but Feng Mian forgot about it. She had never attended a party at this stage, so she left everything to Lu Di La.

As she had to sit silently and didn't change her expression in the slightest bit, Feng Mian began to think about how difficult it was to be a woman. There were so many things that she needed to pay attention to.

In addition, her legs began to feel cramp after sitting for so long.

"It's done."

Lu Di La's voice came at the right time when Feng Mian began to feel tired from sitting so long. Opening her eyes, Feng Mian glanced at the mirror. Instantly, she was stunned.

Who's this beauty?

The black circle under her eyes couldn't be seen anymore. Lu Di La made her cheeks rosy and skin glisten. It was beautiful yet at the same time, Feng Mian couldn't believe that it was herself.

"This…?"

"If you sleep early and have your black circle under your eyes disappear, this is your natural face," Lu Di La explained with a laugh. "You and Liang are the same. Both of you just love work so much more than your appearance."

Feng Mian rolled her eyes. At least, work could give her money to eat while appearance couldn't feed her. What's the use of being pretty if she couldn't eat well?

She prioritized her stomach much more than her face.

If Lu Di La knew what she was thinking, she would surely get the urge to smack Feng Mian's head. This little lass should also begin to think how to take care of her appearance better.

"It's fine like this."

Bang!

The door was suddenly slammed and a familiar voice entered their ears.

"DA JIE! ER JIE!"