I Rescued a Boy in the Slums

Engineer × Pilot

Older woman/younger man, eight-year age gap: an immature older sister and an unusually mature younger man

Li Linran was abandoned by his parents as a child and grew up under his father’s beatings. As a boy, he was sinister but good at enduring hardship. After his father died, he thought he could finally see the light of day, and tried to change his fate through education.

He was ruthless and calculating, hiding his true nature for years. His traumatic childhood made him twisted and cruel. Later, he gradually used the female lead’s compassion to draw her into his trap.

Xu Jianchao had just started working when she went home for the New Year. On an impulse, she decided to help Li Linran, a boy from her hometown who was so poor he could barely feed himself. But the stubborn boy refused to accept her kindness. Two years passed in a flash. When Xu Jianchao saw the poor boy she had once helped again, she unexpectedly found herself attracted to him.

“I’m only eight years older than you. Older woman/younger man relationships are pretty popular these days, aren’t they?”

“Just say I’m an older woman chasing a younger man, okay?”

“You’ve got it wrong, Xu Jianchao. I’m the one who’s been plotting to win you over.”

When Li Linran was little, his grandmother told him that the Heavenly Lake of Changbai Mountain was incredibly beautiful. The snow there was so white it brought peace to the heart, as if the whole world were pure. Only those who went there with the most sincere and innocent wishes could have them come true. Xu Jianchao didn’t understand any of that. She only knew that Li Linran had said the Heavenly Lake of Changbai Mountain was where pure love was witnessed, so she went there with him.

“Xu Jianchao, don’t even think about leaving me in this lifetime. Even if we die, we’ll be buried together.”