In her second year of high school, Fang Yuan is brought to the capital by her remarried mother. She enrolls as a transfer student while trying to find out what is causing her leg pain.
Ao Baiqian is Uncle Ao's only son and is also in his second year of high school.
Contrary to what Fang Yuan expected, Ao Baiqian is not only foul-tempered, sharp-tongued, and cold, but also extremely arrogant...
In short, he isn't a good deskmate, let alone a good big brother.
Fang Yuan feels miserable and hurt, but since she's enjoying so many benefits from the Ao family, she's willing to do anything for Ao Baiqian, even be his little slave. She doesn't mind if her classmates joke that she's his child bride, either.
But their terrible relationship begins to change after their "parents" go away on a business trip. That night, her leg hurts so badly that she cries as she knocks on Ao Baiqian's door...
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Years later, Fang Yuan is hiding in a rented apartment, taking cheap generic medication. She often dreams of her mother's tears when the truth came out, Uncle Ao's furious reprimands, and the handsome, distinguished face that had hung low in the twilight on the school rooftop.
"Why are you so stupid?"
"Don't you know to close your eyes?"
Fang Yuan blushes, her heart racing, and obediently rises onto her toes.
When she opens her eyes again, years have passed.
Ao Baiqian, dressed in a suit and tie, stands in the shadows of the hallway, staring at her for a long time. "Fang Yuan, didn't I tell you? Either never come back, or don't let me find you."
Fang Yuan is shocked and terrified. "Brother..."
Ao Baiqian shakes his head and says softly, "Crying won't help."
[A painfully oblivious, sickly uke vs. a sharp-tongued big brother who gets his comeuppance]
One-on-one, happy ending, both are each other's only partners. School days first, then city life.
Theme: Love is a rare song, shared in steadfast companionship
