Compassion with Self-Interest

Compassionate, celibate director bottom x taciturn, sensitive, cold younger top

(Main point of view shifts to the older character. If that's not your thing, feel free to skip.)

1.

Shengde Welfare Home is the largest welfare home in the country, and Director Xiao is the light the children look up to and chase after.

All the children there know that Director Xiao lives on the top floor, and no one dares go near without her permission.

She is mysterious, impartial, and compassionate.

Every year, on the eve of Children's Day, she visits the rooms where the children are sleeping, gently strokes their foreheads, and leaves them gifts. Like a god, she bestows her compassion on every child.

The first time Qin Xinyue saw Director Xiao, at age twelve, she wanted to become the one person the saint favored above all others.

When Qin Xinyue was twenty, she fell from a building by accident.

Looking back on her short life, she came to a sudden realization as she lay in a pool of blood.

"A saint has no self, and so has no feelings. She loves all living beings, but she will never favor just one."

Fate gave Qin Xinyue a chance to live again.

She was reborn at eighteen, at the very moment she had confessed her feelings to Xiao Qingxuan.

Dressed in white, Xiao Qingxuan was dignified and composed, like a deity untouched by worldly desire.

"Shengde raised you to educate you and shape your character, not to make you harbor these improper delusions. You're an adult now, and you no longer belong here. Child, you must leave."

In her previous life, after her confession was rejected, Qin Xinyue continued to follow Xiao Qingxuan for another two years.

This time, she said nothing and walked away.

2.

Three years later, Qin Xinyue happened to visit Shengde Welfare Home with her girlfriend and wandered into the top floor by mistake.

Beyond the half-open door, there was no altar and no statue of Buddha, only a cool, solitary figure bathed in the moonlight.

"Sorry to disturb you, Director Xiao." Qin Xinyue turned to leave.

Then Xiao Qingxuan's voice sounded behind her. "You're not disturbing me, child."

Reading guide:

1. HE, both leads are each other's only partners

2. Fourteen-year age gap, the story opens with their reunion

Theme: Love makes us brave