Reborn at Dawn: My Deskmate Is the One I’ve Always Loved

[A little angst, lots of sweetness + mutual devotion + strong female lead + satisfying comeback + healing]

Also known as "I Carry the Warm Sun and Turn the Tide Against the Wind", "Living Toward the Sun", and "Wild Grass Chasing the Light"

Hell mode from the start: her scumbag father runs off with the family money and his mistress, while her mother dies of grief, leaving middle-schooler Chen Xiao alone to face the storms of the world.

The cold looks from relatives and bullying from classmates leave her struggling to breathe. She loses all faith in human nature and affection, building a wall around her heart.

She is like a wild blade of grass growing on a sheer cliff, desperately drawing in nourishment just to stay alive.

Then a goofy boy named He Chenguang forces his way into her world.

With day after day of care and clumsy but sincere devotion, he slowly picks the lock on her heart.

“Chen Xiao, they say you’re a hedgehog, covered in spikes. But I know that’s the only armor you have.”

“From now on, I’ll be your armor.”

His arrival is the only light in her gray life.

For that light, she is willing to believe one more time.

Years later, Chen Xiao has made waves in the business world and become someone countless people look up to. And that boy has always stood behind her, clearing every obstacle in her path.

Someone asks her, “President Chen, why are you still unmarried?”

Chen Xiao smiles and takes the arm of the man beside her. “Because I’ve already kept the best one for myself. If he won’t marry me, I’ll marry him!”