Yu Qiao had always thought Lu Shizhe was a little cabbage no one wanted.
He'd be left outside their door, soaked through in the rain, with nobody to look after him.
So Yu Qiao shared half his buns, half his hot water, and even half the blanket he'd warmed in the sun.
By the time he grew up, after eight years apart, Yu Qiao had become a little cabbage no one wanted, too.
He scrimped and saved every day, and even had to save up to support his childhood friend, who'd failed to make it big and slunk back to their hometown.
He even had to share his bed with him.
The two of them went up the mountain to chop wood, hauled bricks at construction sites, and collected recyclables around the apartment buildings.
They were poor, but happy.
Then one day, while working at a newsstand, Yu Qiao opened a financial magazine.
There was his childhood friend, looking every inch the successful businessman.
Enraged, Yu Qiao punched Lu Shizhe's desk over.
Yu Qiao: "You were playing me? How dare you play me!"
Lu Shizhe: "...Let me explain."
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Actually, Lu Shizhe had wanted to come clean on the very first day he returned to their hometown.
He wanted to lock this far-too-adorable canary in a cage only he could open.
But then Yu Qiao took him up the mountain and split a tree as thick as his waist with one swing of an axe.
He was too scared to say a word.
[A simple-minded, adorably clueless bottom with terrifying strength x A scheming, calculating top who can't resist being flirted with]
[The top's shady friends take turns putting on an act]
[The bottom: So I'm the only one who's actually poor.]
Yun Gugu: I will write it, I will!
Theme: Even if you're poor, don't be poor in spirit
