Helan Jue and Liao Minzhi

Blurb: [Family edition] Liao Minzhi has hearing loss. To take care of him, his mother opened a small grocery store downstairs from their home, and the two of them run it together. If nothing else, she figured it would give her son a way to earn a living early. He’d at least be able to support himself. Later, she noticed that Liao Minzhi took a bag of snacks to school every day. Those snacks led him to a little girl with a bit of a sweet tooth. [School edition] Liao Minzhi was fed up. “Why are you crying? What else can you do besides cry?” Holding back tears, He Lanjue glared at him. “Shut up! You stay quiet when you should speak, then spout nonsense when you shouldn’t.” He pressed his lips together and said nothing. Instead, he took her test paper and corrected her mistakes. [Coming-of-age edition] Seventeen is the perfect age to write a love letter. When He Lanjue was seventeen, he did something daring. After evening study, he gave her a ride home on his bike. Beneath a streetlight, they said goodbye. She called after him to be careful on the way, then shouted, “I like you!” He couldn’t hear her, and he would never know. He simply kept riding away. Reader’s guide: 1. Everyday school life / slow burn / ordinary romance between deskmates 2. The male lead has acquired hearing loss. He retains some hearing and can speak. 3. First love, happy ending The author’s completed stories. Come on in! Weibei Spring Trees: An in-depth road trip through the ancient northwestern frontier. A young woman × an older man. Keeping Her: Historical romance with a domineering, take-what-he-wants male lead. Beauty Makes Her Way: A gorgeous, ruthless woman × an impoverished male teacher. Wild Dog Bones: Wild-dog big brother × bony little sister. Theme: Building a better life together