[Barbecue restaurant owner x girl alone in the world]
[Unconventional innocent flower x sharp-tongued, soft-hearted older man]
Who goes around smashing up a shop the first time they meet someone?
Turns out, some people do.
That year, on Frost's Descent, in Harbin.
The first time Kong Yuetian saw her, she was wearing panda makeup all over her face.
A teenage vocational-school graduate, she smoked, asked for a light, then grabbed a beer bottle and charged at the customers at one of his tables.
She raised the bottle and brought it down, shattering it cleanly.
A girl that fierce was called Wen Jing.
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Well, since you smashed the place up this badly, you'll have to pay for it.
But she said she had no money.
Then she pointed boldly at the hiring notice by the door. "I'll work for you. Take my first month's wages as compensation."
Kong Yuetian: ?
Wen Jing went from debtor to waitress in an instant, then shamelessly made herself at home in the restaurant overnight.
Chairs pushed together became a bed, clothes became a blanket, and she stayed for days.
Later, when the residence right above the barbecue restaurant caught fire, Kong Yuetian dragged Wen Jing back to his own home.
That day, Wen Jing asked, "Want to sleep together?"
Kong Yuetian raised a hand and smacked her on the forehead. "Don't start acting crazy."
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It was all a matter of give and take.
While living at Kong Yuetian's place, she brought up the idea of them "getting together" more than once.
Kong Yuetian turned her down every time.
Later, business at the barbecue restaurant kept getting worse, and he had to close it and move elsewhere.
Kong Yuetian wouldn't let Wen Jing work as a waitress anymore.
She said nothing and left.
New Year's Eve, by the Songhua River.
Wen Jing bought a bottle of baijiu and slowly closed her eyes beneath the heavy snowfall.
When she woke again, the room around her looked very familiar: it was Kong Yuetian's home.
The first thing he said when he saw her open her eyes was:
"Wen Jing, I accept."
Reader's Guide: The age gap is eight years. The female lead is 19, and the male lead is 27. At first, the male lead only sees the female lead as a child. Later, he falls hard for her.
Content warnings: The female lead comes from a deeply dysfunctional family, and the male lead was left with psychological trauma in ninth grade. Neither lead has much formal education. They both had relationships before they met, so neither is sexually inexperienced.
Theme: Warmth
