Growing Up Isn't All Sweet Milk Tea

A bad ending during their school days, and a happy ending when they meet again after years apart.

Growing up is bitter, but Gu Jiang is a heavenly gift: a milk tea with nothing but sugar.

Right, Li Lisheng?

[First Meeting]

Under Old Liu's relentless pressure, Li Lisheng's fragile self-esteem keeps crumbling. All she wants is to get away after the college entrance exams.

But after she runs into that boy with deep-set eyes and thick lashes at a corner, she occasionally finds herself dreaming a dream that doesn't belong to her.

He comes from a wealthy family, is clever, excels at music and sports, and is gentle and polite. She can think of every flattering word to describe him, yet instinctively refuses to imagine anything beyond friendship.

At seventeen, Gu Jiang returned to his hometown at his mother's wish to return to her roots. Luckily, while he was struggling with the pain of his mother's serious illness, he met Li Lisheng.

She was like spring sunlight setting winter ablaze.

Sadly, her stubborn fight against fate was bound to bring their budding love to an abrupt end.

"Gu Jiang, I didn't break up with you because I was afraid you'd give up on me. It's because I would choose to give up on you, again and again."

"Lisheng, I won't give up."

Growing up isn't all-sugar milk tea, but one day, they will meet again.

[Reunion]

"Step right up! The campus heartthrob, Gu Jiang, is back!"

He sat beneath the lights, his eyes as gentle as ever. But Li Lisheng was still just a struggling medical doctoral student, so she automatically looked away.

The corridor was narrow.

He stood in Li Lisheng's way, just as he had all those years ago.

"I'm back. Will you be with me?"

"Attorney Gu, I'm still working on my doctorate and I'm broke. Stop trying to scam me."

Li Lisheng awkwardly joked around. Whenever she was with him, she always felt inferior.

"Then let's start by spending time together and getting to know each other, little by little."

"Attorney Gu, don't joke around. You're busy."

"I swear in the name of the law: not one word of that is a lie."

Beneath the colorful lights, his eyes still shimmered with the radiance of a young man.

Li Lisheng was taken aback, but stubbornly said, "Then you have to give me all your money."

The next day, her bank balance shot up.

She knew she couldn't escape him, or the temptation of money.

Theme: Growing together and studying hard