Rean Cropp/Plot

Plot
Rean first appears in chapter 14 walking past Gugu's stall in the marketplace. Her dog, Meer, runs away and is found by Gugu. As a reward, Rean gives Gugu a ring and tells him that if he sells it, he'll never have to sell vegetables again.

Rean is next seen at the bottom of a hill staring at flowers. Unknown to her, a large log is rolling towards her but she is pushed out of the way by Gugu. As Rean is being tended to by her servants, Gugu is lying unconscious under the log.

About three months later, Rean goes to Booze Man's liquor store to get something to heal a wound she has. She is immediately taken with Fushi, but quickly gets over it and become friends with him. She decides to work and live at the Beer Shop as she had run away from home. While living there, Gugu ran away. She was very worried about him and even yelled at Booze Man for putting the liquor organ inside him unknowingly. She went to find Gugu and wore a mask lent to her by Booze Man so she wouldn't be discovered. She opened up to Gugu about her past and showed him her scar from the accident. To get Gugu to come home she lent him her borrowed mask. On their way home she was kidnapped by a man her father hired. Gugu attacks him and they both escape. On the way to the Beer Shop they pass by another of her father's servants and Fushi distracts her with March's appearance. As she and Gugu were running they heard screaming from where they left Fushi, Gugu told her to run and went to help. She made it back to the Beer Shop and her parents were there. Gugu came back in the middle of his battle to resupply on alcohol and saw her getting taken back. Rean's mother says she understands she wants to leave because they picked out her fiancee already. Gugu hears this and as he was leaving drunkenly shouted, "No one will love Rean more than Gugu" causing Rean to blush. After the battle in the forest, Rean says she is moving back with her parents as she "doesn't care about her own circumstances anymore".

4 years pass and Rean is shown to have strong feelings for Gugu which Fushi teases her for. She even tried making Gugu a shirt. When Shin shows up and offers the ring to Booze Man she realizes who Gugu is, confirming her love for him. She tries to put the ring on Gugu to return it while he slept but it wouldn't fit and he woke up. She asked him how he felt about her and got mad when he forgot he pronounced his love 4 years ago.

Rean invites Fushi to her 16th birthday party and tells him to make sure Gugu comes. At the party Rean teases Gugu that no one will be able to kiss him with his new mask. Gugu gives Rean a purple flower. They both talk about the log accident, acknowleding they both knew the truth.

The Knokkers attack the party and Gugu and Fushi fight them. During the fight, Rean pushes Gugu out of the way of falling debris. They flee but more debris comes and Gugu protects Rean from being crushed with his own body. At this time they both tell each other their feelings. They make a promise to go pick flowers together. Rean finally sees Gugu's face and they kiss right before she gets pulled to safety, but Gugu dies.

After the battle, Rean awakes from her injuries and rushes to Booze Man's house. Fushi sees her coming takes Gugu's form. Rean rushes into his arms, ecstatic he is okay and shouts that she loves him. Fushi (as Gugu) says that Fushi died and he (Gugu) is going to the market. Rean reminds him they are supposed to pick flowers together and that she will wait for him. Rean attempts to give Fushi/Gugu the ring that Shin gave her back to him. Fushi/Gugu stops her and says that she could keep it and it will remind her of Gugu. With this, Rean sees through Fushi's disguise and understands the Gugu is dead.

Rean waits in the flower field all day and her father comes to find her. She tells him, tearfully, she cannot get married because she has someone she loves. Her father asks who and she cries that he is no longer here and says that she is certain he is with him(Fushi).