By Alice from China

I am a rose that needs 100% love to nourish. Like a flower that has weathered countless storms, I stand here, a bit battered but still holding onto the hope of blooming fully. When you reach out and touch me, beneath the velvety softness of my petals, you will find that my body is covered in

My name is Alice, in Shanghai, I run a restaurant and also manage a fleet of cruise ships on the Huangpu River. Nowadays, the children have spread their wings and flown high, while I still enrich my life in love - in my spare time, I carry my bags and go to the mountains and seas, collecting Iceland's auroras and Kyoto's falling cherry blossoms with my camera. In the years after my divorce, I learned to reconcile with loneliness, but always hoped to have someone to share the excitement of life side by side. The love I long for, the abundance of non material possessions, is the sweat of mutual encouragement in the gym, and the romance of holding hands and getting lost on the streets of a foreign country. Countless moments, I can't help but guess what you look like. Perhaps you also enjoy reading poetry in the early morning caf é, or perhaps we will meet unexpectedly on a hiking trip. I firmly believe that when two sincere hearts meet, we can continue to write our own gentle chapter.