Plucking the Stars

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Jiang Youyi had been secretly in love with Ye Xingqi for three years. He was a brilliant young man with boundless prospects, while she had suffered hearing loss since childhood and needed to wear hearing aids long-term.

They were worlds apart, like two parallel lines that would never meet.

Who could have guessed that after the college entrance exams, Ye Xingqi would lose his sight in an accident, and that Jian Yue, his “rumored girlfriend,” would come to Jiang Youyi and ask her to pretend to be her and take care of him?

Jiang Youyi couldn't refuse.

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When she arrived at Ye Xingqi's home, it was the first time she had seen him since he went blind. Thick curtains covered the windows, and not a trace of light could be seen inside.

Ye Xingqi's gaze was unfocused. He grabbed whatever was in his hand and hurled it out. “Get out.”

After going blind, Ye Xingqi had become gloomy and volatile. Jiang Youyi had to try everything she could to stay.

Ye Xingqi touched the hearing aid by her ear. Confusion filled his hollow eyes. “What's this?”

Jiang Youyi's eyelid twitched, and she hurriedly dodged. “It's a Bluetooth earbud.”

Ye Xingqi said nothing. He had realized that before she put in her hearing aid, the girl in front of him couldn't hear him.

After that, Ye Xingqi became unusually clingy. He looked for Jiang Youyi whenever he couldn't see her, even for a moment.

The two were almost inseparable. Jiang Youyi felt as if she were living in a beautiful dream. Ye Xingqi would hold her and call her “baby,” and say that he would marry her once he regained his sight.

But Jiang Youyi couldn't wait for that day. Ye Xingqi's mother was about to come back to take him for surgery.

Jiang Youyi wept bitterly, then boarded a train bound for her school.

She thought they would never cross paths again. Months later, however, she saw a familiar figure on the route she always took back to her dorm.

Jiang Youyi thought her identity had been exposed and turned to run.

Ye Xingqi blocked her way, his eyes full of grievance. “Baby, are you going to use me and then abandon me?”

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Ye Xingqi had always had a smooth, easy life. After losing his sight, he experienced the fickleness of human nature. Fortunately, someone was willing to stay by his side.

Like a drowning man, he clung tightly to her.

Until one ordinary day, the girl said she was going to the supermarket and never came back.

He developed severe separation anxiety and began to suffer from insomnia. Once his eyes were healed, he rushed to find her, but the girl ran as soon as she saw him, as if he were some terrifying monster.

Ye Xingqi's body trembled uncontrollably as his heart began to race again. He put on a pitiful expression, and the girl stopped in her tracks, just as he had hoped.

They were made for each other. No one could tear them apart.

Theme: Be honest and keep your promises.