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[Sweet, naive girl x Gloomy, disabled CEO]
Mutual salvation | Staying under his roof | A guiding lover
At eighteen, Jin Heng was a genius racing driver who dominated the F1 circuit and won countless awards at home and abroad.
At twenty-five, Jin Heng sat alone in a wheelchair, helplessly staring at the empty trouser leg below his left knee.
One afternoon in the height of summer, a friend brought a little girl in a gray cotton dress to his home and said casually, "The old man only has a couple of days left. Turns out my dad has an illegitimate daughter hidden away in the mountains, so I brought her here to stay for a while."
"One more person means one more share of the inheritance, though it's a shame she's a bit slow." Leaning against the wall, his friend suddenly had an idea. "Why don't you let her stay with you? It's chaos at the old house, and I don't have time to look after her."
Jin Heng was about to refuse, but when he saw the little girl gazing pitifully at the rose-covered wall by the window, he found himself asking, "What's her name?"
"Uh... Her name? I think they used to call her Yindi."
As if sensing something, the little girl darted over and threw herself at the man's knees, giggling. "Flowers, so pretty."
The sweet fragrance of flowers lingered in her hair. Jin Heng sighed and said without joy or sorrow, "She can stay."
*
At eighteen, she got a lovely new name: Yu Wei, given to her by a handsome older brother.
She had been brought from the impoverished mountains to the bustling city, and now she had a handsome older brother for company. Yu Wei was overjoyed.
But she couldn't understand why this handsome brother was always so gloomy. Then, by chance, she saw the prosthetic leg beneath his knee and ran over excitedly to hug him. "So cool! Just like in a sci-fi movie."
As her words fell, something shifted in Jin Heng's heart. For the first time since becoming disabled, he felt such genuine praise.
But what did she know? She was just a fool.
Jin Heng's long-held pride and self-esteem erupted. He roared at the little girl and drove her away.
*
Later, whenever Jin Heng suffered phantom limb pain, Yu Wei would sit by his bed all night, blowing on his residual limb. "Grandma said that no matter how badly a wound hurts, blowing on it will make it feel better."
She learned to make all kinds of desserts and brought them to him, all to cheer him up.
Yu Wei was like a ray of light shining into his gloomy life. Before he knew it, Jin Heng had begun to feel that even living on in this broken body could offer him a little joy and hope.
Then one afternoon, his friend rushed in and said that there had been a mistake. Yu Wei wasn't his father's illegitimate daughter, and they were going to send her back to the mountains.
Jin Heng was no longer as unconcerned as before. His knuckles turned white as he gripped his wheelchair. "She's going to be Mrs. Jin. You don't need to concern yourself with anything else."
Theme: Strive to improve yourself
