[1980s + skin hunger syndrome + aloof heartthrob brought down from his pedestal + intense push and pull + sweet everyday romance, both leads are each other’s first and only]
Jiang Li has a secret she can’t tell anyone.
A high fever when she was ten left her with a strange condition: psychologically triggered skin hunger syndrome.
Whenever she feels panicked or startled, her body turns red and trembles uncontrollably, leaving her weak all over.
To escape the arranged marriage her stepmother has planned for her in the countryside, she grits her teeth and heads to the city. With a keepsake her mother left behind, she passes herself off as the daughter of an old family friend and moves in with the Zhou family in their residential compound.
The Zhou family’s eldest son, Zhou Huaian, has just been transferred back from the far northwest. He is the youngest chief engineer at the Commission of Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense.
He always wears an immaculate white shirt. His features are cool and distant, and he’s so chaste he might as well be a machine.
In this conservative era, Jiang Li keeps to her place. By day, she works hard cooking, selling goods at a stall, and saving up for night school. She scurries around him like a little hamster, terrified that if her condition flares up, he’ll mistake her for a shameless woman.
Then, on a stormy night, her stepmother shows up and makes a scene.
Jiang Li’s condition suddenly flares up in the storage room. She curls up in a corner, trembling and crying, only to stumble into a broad chest that smells of cool cedar.
Outside the door, she hears the neighbors searching, their flashlights casting cold beams.
In the dim, cramped space, the usually cold and aloof Chief Engineer Zhou wraps her tightly in his oversized army coat.
Listening to the commotion outside, he rubs her flushed eyelids with a rough thumb, his voice hoarse with desire:
“Why are you shaking? Didn’t you want a hug? I’ll let you hold me as long as you like.”
I secretly checked my daughter's cell phone because I was afraid that she would watch something unhealthy, but she actually watched such a high-quality video. Her youthful appearance is really great, come on! 💖💖💖💖
It's so beautiful. This is the first book I've ever given a five-star rating. Please update it quickly. I want to read it, I want to read it, I want to read it...