Deep Within the Courtyard

[Completed on May 20] The fourth story in the [Shanghai Metro Line 8] series (updates began in late August 2016) Over the course of ten years, their lives changed beyond recognition. When Huang Yuan was seventeen, he was a spoiled rich kid who relied on his family's wealth and influence. Pu Jiang was then just an honest, hardworking top student from a local farming family. They crossed paths briefly twice. When Huang Yuan was twenty-seven, his family had gone bankrupt, and he was supporting them all on his own. By then, Pu Jiang was a famous nouveau riche in the city, a promising young man in the eyes of his elders. Turning a luxury villa into a rural guesthouse? WTF! And so they crossed paths again. Patient nouveau-riche farm boy X stoic, down-and-out rich kid This is a lighthearted series themed around Shanghai Metro Line 8. The rules: 1. Each story will be at least half finished before publication, with one update a day, so feel free to start reading. 2. One-on-one romance, happy ending. 3. Some couples in the series know each other, so their stories may overlap. Theme: