As she approached thirty, He Liang treated fame, reputation, and career with ruthless decisiveness. She had no grand ambitions for the future and was content to take things as they came.
During yet another routine bout of overtime, some idiot called to give her an earful.
Liu Minyue: "A Liang, a bunch of old geezers kidnapped me and dragged me deep into the mountains."
He Liang: "Which mountains?"
Liu Minyue: "Your turf, Nancheng."
He Liang: "Why not kidnap me too while you're at it?"
At the welcome banquet, He Liang was overwhelmed by the foul things everyone was saying, so she went outside. She promptly crashed into someone.
Taking a closer look, she exclaimed, "Xiao Ao?"
The person opposite her remained calm and composed. "Auntie, take another good look. My name is Chen Shu."
Later, a group of university students from the city came to the mountain village to teach, and that Chen-whatever-her-name-was was among them.
Yin Yi failed to persuade Liu Minyue, so she turned to He Liang.
He Liang: "Teacher Yin, do you want me to play matchmaker for you?"
Yin Yi: "Mm-hmm."
He Liang: "No chance."
"Why not?"
"If she finds out you and I are close, you probably won't stand a chance."
A few months later, she did stand a chance. Chen-whatever-her-name-was had come all this way just to find He Liang.
Chen-whatever-her-name-was: "Teacher He, tell me again: which of us has terrible taste in people?"
One pretends not to understand while knowingly finding every way to tease, X the other pretends to understand while actually clueless, all the while scheming to enjoy it.
Age gap
Theme: Growing together, side by side
