I Picked Up a Rain-Soaked Puppy

Xie Juan x Jiang Yu

Insecure puppy x affectionate kitten

From the top's point of view-----↓

When Xie Juan first met Jiang Yu, he thought he was blinding.

Only later did he realize it wasn't that Jiang Yu was blinding. It was that sunlight had entered his rotten life.

He was jealous, envious, and insecure, yet couldn't help drawing closer.

Even after Xie Juan fell for Jiang Yu, he still turned down his confession.

The boy was too dazzling. Xie Juan thought he wasn't good enough for him.

Xie Juan avoided him and kept his distance, thinking Jiang Yu would give up. Instead, Jiang Yu said, "It's okay. We can take it slow."

Xie Juan thought, How dare he.

But when Jiang Yu had a high fever and clutched his hand, asking, "Why don't you want me?" Xie Juan finally fell apart.

He laid bare his sordid past and broken family before him. "Do you still like me now?"

Jiang Yu kissed his lips and held him close. "I like you. I like you even more now."

From the bottom's point of view-----↓

Jiang Yu first met Xie Juan in an old bookstore near their school.

Over a rare, out-of-print book, he remembered those dark eyes he couldn't see through.

He thought Xie Juan was just some stranger.

Then, on the first day of school, he opened his dorm room door and came face-to-face with the "stranger" he'd fought over the book with. He even damaged Xie Juan's suitcase.

Jiang Yu was completely stunned.

Later, Jiang Yu realized that Xie Juan wasn't just good at fighting over books. He was even better at turning himself into a solitary island. He didn't talk or smile, and even when bullied, he refused to back down, like a little dog that would still bare its teeth after being beaten.

Jiang Yu couldn't help getting closer, then discovered that Xie Juan was insecure and depressed, and couldn't help trying to "save" him.

Then being close became a habit, the habit became concern, and the concern became love.

He loved him so much that Xie Juan was the first person he wanted to see every morning, and even after being rejected a hundred times, he never felt ashamed.

Xie Juan said, "Forget it, Jiang Yu. I'm no good."

Jiang Yu thought, You're not me. How would you know what I want?

He could tell Xie Juan didn't dislike him. He just didn't dare to love him.

The night Xie Juan confessed his feelings, Jiang Yu held him like someone who had been broken for years and had finally let himself be picked up.

Jiang Yu never wanted to be anyone's savior. He wasn't that great. He was just an ordinary guy from an ordinary family, lucky enough to know how to love, and lucky enough to meet Xie Juan.

Jiang Yu pulled Xie Juan out of the gutter, but Xie Juan was there for Jiang Yu when he needed him most, too.

Xie Juan never became a sunny, cheerful person, but he was no longer alone.

The world was in tatters, and he saw Jiang Yu stitching it back together.

As long as Jiang Yu was in Xie Juan's world, that was enough.

And Jiang Yu's whole future belonged to Xie Juan.

Theme: May all young people enjoy good mental health!