Little Mute, Give Me a Little Sugar, a sweet-and-savory story. Please add it to your reading list:
A shabby little mute from the countryside transferred to Third High. She was pretty, but terribly bad at reading the room and quick to act familiar.
Whenever she was upset over some tiny thing, she'd pout and tug at the sleeve of Shen Yu, the big shot.
Her soft white hand would shake and shake. With her almond eyes brimming with tears, she would expertly act cute in front of the cold, unruly big shot.
His underling was completely baffled. "Whose girl is that? Should we protect her?"
Shen Yu coolly shook her off. "I don't know her. I don't care. Don't bother me."
So the little mute really did stop bothering him.
But one day, someone saw Big Shot Shen patiently crouched in front of the little mute,
gently holding her slender ankle and carefully putting a pair of limited-edition designer dance shoes on the girl, his face full of tenderness.
"My little queen, I was wrong. Come home."
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When Qiao Qiao was in elementary school, she found a little boy in a remote mountain valley.
They depended on each other for years, until one day the boy suddenly disappeared.
Later, Qiao Qiao was finally taken back to the city.
The little mute, who had grown up poor, knew no one and nervously twisted her fingers.
Until she saw the legendary cold, ruthless older stepbrother from a wealthy family.
The girl's eyes lit up, light shimmering in them. She familiar as ever, grabbed the hem of the boy's clothes.
That was her big brother!
--This story has a bad ending. The following is the blurb--
One day, Luo Yunsheng was inexplicably dumped in the middle of nowhere in the mountains.
She was also bound to a rotten "System" that made her do villain-raising missions.
Come on, she knew nothing about raising kids...
Theme:
Looking at it made my heart sour. Is that last sentence from Westward Journey?
Keep going, big brother! Nice!