Ye Yao was born with a pale pink birthmark at her temple. After starting school, her classmates cornered her and made fun of her.
The toughest boy in class walked past with a cigarette dangling from his mouth. He tossed his jacket over her head and came to her rescue.
Later, at the flag-raising ceremony, he was called up onstage and given a formal warning. The tattoo at his temple was still swollen.
"Now we're the same. Happy?" he said with a carefree smile when he cornered her in the stairwell.
*
Ye Yao experienced countless turning points in her life,
but the moment she could never forget took place beneath the gauzy curtain in a cramped classroom at sunset.
Her fingers traced the inked lines on the boy's forehead. Her voice was a little hoarse.
"Xu Zhiyao, I'm not as pure and good as I seem. I'm not a good person, either."
"I know. I'll protect you." He said it, and he truly did.
For the rest of their lives, through wind and snow and every thorny path, he stayed by her side and walked through it all with her.
Mutual salvation / a seemingly well-behaved girl who's sweet on the outside and dark on the inside vs. a shameless, roguishly handsome, fiercely loyal puppy of a guy
Theme: Treat others as equals and be kind to them
