Nineteen-year-old Nan Zheng has only learned two things in his life: immerse yourself in solving problems, and live with your head down.
Growing up in a family that favored boys over girls, her presence was never a blessing, but a deal waiting to be sold. On the day after the college entrance examination, she put a kitchen knife on her wrist and exchanged a scar that stretched from her wrist to the crook of her elbow for a ticket to leave the town. During her first year of college, she worked three jobs and lived in a rental house of eight square meters. There was a butterfly-shaped mold spot on the ceiling. She thought she would stay like this forever - not needing anyone and not being needed by anyone.
Until the man walked into the coffee shop.
Thirty-two-year-old Zhou Rong, a self-made man, is taciturn. He has seen the deepest night and walked the longest road. The days of living in a basement and working three jobs a day in college allowed him to see through the cracks under Nanzheng's hard shell at a glance. He didn't give alms condescendingly, and he didn't take advantage of her. He just waited for her to get off work at the alley every night and said "see you tomorrow".
He said: I am not a good person, but I will be good to you.
Nan Zheng didn't believe it. She doesn't believe in kindness for no reason, she doesn't believe in giving without asking for anything in return, she doesn't believe in a man holding her in his arms late at night but just patting her back gently and saying "go to sleep". She regarded all this as a transaction and told herself: Face is nothing in the face of poverty. She doesn't need love, she doesn't need sugar, she just needs to live.
But his hands were warm. His ears will be red. Every time he wants to get close, he will first ask - "Can I hug you?"
A person who has never been kindly treated by fate finally met someone who asked her "is it okay?" This is not a story about a domineering president rescuing Cinderella. This is a person who has seen the deepest night, lighting a lamp for another person who is still walking in the night.
Nan Zheng once thought that he would not leave someone just because of a piece of candy. But if it's such a good idea – that's not bad.
Intention: Even if the world is dim sometimes, please believe that you will meet your timely rain and water it for the rest of your life.