A short story of a few tens of thousands of words, updated whenever inspiration strikes. It will be paywalled after completion, unless it doesn't reach the required word count.
A sensitive, insecure high school senior repeating her final year x an unambitious antique shop owner
Little Shanzhu x a guide (in sex as well as love)
Just before the college entrance exams, Shan Zhu's parents divorced. She tried to kill herself, failed, and couldn't take the exams. In the end, she decided to repeat her final year.
Under the scorching sun, she cut short her long, suffocating study session. On the verge of an emotional breakdown, she walked into an antique shop.
A man was lounging lazily on a recliner, leisurely fanning himself. Noticing his visitor, he glanced at her school uniform with a smile, took a slow sip of tea, and said kindly, “I don't serve students who skip class.”
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Later, Fang Shu Bai did many things his friends couldn't understand.
For instance, to fulfill his girlfriend's girlish dream, he spent half his life's savings on a Rolls-Royce and went to pick up his little darling from school.
Fang Shu Bai loves Little Shanzhu, in every way imaginable.
First time together / happy ending / a little angst amid the sweetness / a heartwarming coming-of-age story / ten-year age gap
The leads don't become physically intimate until the heroine is an adult. Please don't argue about it.
Theme: Love
