[Gentle, flirtatious top student × cold-faced, soft-hearted business owner]
In the worst year of her life, Wen Yue's mother abandoned her husband and child during the summer after Wen Yue's college entrance exams, running off with a wealthy man from the city.
Her father was disabled and an alcoholic. Overnight, she went from an innocent high school student to the pillar of the family.
But she didn't blame fate or give up on herself. She quietly looked for work and earned money for tuition, hoping to change her circumstances through her own efforts.
But reality dealt her a cruel hand: after the dance hall owner groped her and withheld her pay, she could only hide by the roadside and cry.
Perhaps even Heaven couldn't bear to watch, so it sent Fan Chen, the B-king internet cafe owner, who knew what it was like to suffer the same hardships, to help her.
Later, in a KTV awash in luxury and indulgence, Wen Yue casually ate the strawberries other suitors brought her.
Unable to hold back any longer, Fan Chen led his girl into an empty room and covered her lips with one hand.
"Strawberries," Fan Chen said, his voice low, so low that only she could hear. "Are they really that good?"
She mumbled something, her voice muffled in his palm, turning into a few soft, indistinct syllables.
What she said was: "They're just so sweet."
It wasn't an explanation or a defense. It was a brazen provocation.
Fan Chen laughed in exasperation.
"Then I'll have a taste," he said.
The next second, he pried her lips apart, and an insistent kiss swept over her, covering another pair of soft lips.
This is the story of a tough, taciturn internet cafe owner and a resilient, sweet-natured top student who scored exceptionally well on her college entrance exams. In the lively warmth of small-town life, they comfort and redeem each other.
