【Mutual devotion + Redemption + HE + 1v1 + From school to the city】
When Liu Xining first arrives in Liucheng, rain is pouring down.
She stumbles into a roadside repair shop to shelter from the storm and looks up to find Lu Shiyao bare-chested.
Motor oil runs down his body, mingling with sweat.
She stares, transfixed.
The boy shakes the water from his hands and looks at her.
“Had enough, you little pervert?”
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Only later does she learn that the repairman is Lu Shiyao, her next-door neighbor and classmate.
He's also the awkward guy who ignores her at school but comes over at night to help her with her homework.
She asks him to stop ignoring her at school, but his eyes turn red as he says, “Getting too close to me never ends well.”
Lu Shiyao thinks that if he stays cold and distant enough, he can keep her safe in the sunshine forever, far away from all the filth and ugliness.
But fate never goes as anyone hopes.
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On the eve of the college entrance exams, her gambling-addict father uses her photograph to threaten her, forcing Lu Shiyao to borrow money from her well-off family.
Desperate to protect her and her younger brother, Lu Shiyao is pushed to the brink and accidentally injures someone.
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During his three years in prison, every letter she sends is returned unopened.
After he's released, she chases him, and he pushes her away.
“Lu Shiyao, if you push me away once, I'll chase you twice. If you push me away ninety-nine times, I'll chase you a hundred!”
“What do you want from me?” His voice is hoarse.
She smiles and slips the jasmine-flower bracelet onto his wrist.
“I want you because your ears turned red when you gave this to me.”
