[Secret Crush] [Youth] [Eight-Year Age Gap] [Growing-Up Romance] [Mutual Devotion] Yan Ping never imagined that one day he’d marry a woman whose name he chose, whom he walked to and from school, and whose bullies he chased off himself.
Afraid he might regret adopting her, she whispered, “There are other kids at the orphanage. They’re prettier, more outgoing, and smarter than me. They’re even more... well-behaved. You’ve seen it yourself, Xiaoguai. Maybe I’m not that ‘well-behaved’ after all.”
“Then we won’t call you Xiaoguai anymore. Just be yourself. Don’t let other people’s opinions become chains you can’t escape.” Yan Ping had never spoken so seriously before.
Those words were like spring thawing the ice, giving her immense strength. It turned out Xiaoguai was allowed to be “not so good.”
