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Love is like a gentle mint rain, pattering softly, falling endlessly.
Ji Yunshu is a left-behind child with mild hearing loss and a slight stutter. His small world consists only of his grandfather.
Grandpa says children should fly far away when they grow up, but before he flies, Ji Yunshu wants to buy his grandfather a new phone.
After looking around, he picks out a secondhand phone from a certain fruit company.
Unfortunately, he's still short by two hundred yuan.
So Ji Yunshu carefully learns to haggle, like other people:
Bro, could you make it a little cheaper?
*
Duan Shihuai used to be a rich second-generation kid. Recently, he ran into a little problem: while trying to sell a secondhand phone, he met someone who wouldn't stop haggling.
The guy had some nerve. He'd refused a discount yesterday, and today he was asking again.
After being pestered for so long, Duan Shihuai couldn't help typing:
Are you that vain? You don't have the money, but you still want to buy an iPhone.
The other person took a long time to type, then replied with a whole paragraph:
I want to buy it for my grandpa.
I'm going away to work, and Grandpa will be home alone.
Everyone says iPhones are good. They don't have ads. T^T
Duan Shihuai was silent for a long time. ...Fine, I'll give it to you.
*
He'd only given the kid a phone, but somehow the kid seemed to latch onto him.
He sent messages all day long, calling Duan Shihuai a good person and constantly calling him "big brother." Whenever Duan Shihuai replied, he got so excited that he sent a string of corny, old-fashioned stickers that only grandmas would use.
As time went by, Duan Shihuai found him pretty cute and happily accepted his big-brother status.
When the kid was about to go to the city for work, Duan Shihuai casually asked:
"Where are you going to work?"
The kid quickly replied: "Beixian."
Beixian?
Duan Shihuai smiled:
"Great, let's meet up sometime. Your big brother's in Beixian too."
[Little scene]
Duan Shihuai received pictures of little flowers and plants taken by Ji Yunshu every day.
They were boring, but somehow they put him in a good mood.
On a whim, he said:
"Little Shu, turn the camera around and let your big brother see you."
Before long, the boy sent a picture.
The image was blurry, but it couldn't hide his fair, handsome face.
Looking at the photo, Duan Shihuai felt his heart skip a beat.
...Well, well.
Turns out he's a handsome kid too.
*
Later, Duan Shihuai held him in his arms and kissed his burning earlobe, his voice tender and lingering. "Baby, can you hear your big brother?"
"Remember my voice from now on, okay?"
Ji Yunshu froze in his arms, his ears buzzing.
"B-but we're both men... How can we... do this?"
[Reader's Guide]
1. This is a down-to-earth, everyday story with a slow, steady pace. The top starts out replying politely, then turns into a peacock showing off and flirting after he sees a photo of the bottom.
The pairing is a mature, roguish older-brother type x an innocent, sunny, adorable bottom.
2. The two were childhood playmates, something like childhood sweethearts. The bottom has mild hearing loss. It's not too serious, but it does affect his daily life. He's a little insecure and awkward, and his big brother will gently help him heal!
Theme: Love is a quiet source of support; cherish the person in front of you
