The Country Cartoonist

【Stubborn, Resilient Heroine × Gentle, Hardworking Hero】 In Gao Ping’s youth, her mother was cold, her older sister hostile, and her father stood by and did nothing. With nowhere to put all her pent-up hurt, she impulsively writes a letter to the figure skater she likes. She only means to vent about the pain she can’t share with her friends, but unexpectedly, she gets a reply… When they first meet, Wen Qi has just won a championship. He gives her a pair of skates and takes her onto the rink for the first time. With him keeping her safe, she manages to skate one wobbly lap. As he’s leaving, he asks, “Want to exchange contact information?” “I’d rather not. Idols should stay up in the sky.” “Then make sure you write to me,” he says after a moment’s thought. The young man has gentle features and an elegant bearing, like someone who stepped out of a comic book. At that moment, Gao Ping suddenly wants to preserve this tender scene forever. Later, Gao Ping, who grew up in a small mountain village, becomes a famous comic artist, while Wen Qi, once an unknown skater, wins championship after championship and earns glory. “Is this what it means to save each other?” a fan comments beneath their official relationship announcement. “No. Wen Qi reached the day he won by training day after day, and every one of my comics is the product of my hard work. We’ve always been the only ones who could save ourselves,” Gao Ping replies.