Eight-year age gap. A scheming, calculating big bad wolf x a sweet, delicate little rose
Nie Yao was the illegitimate daughter of the Nie family. She didn't return to the family until she was seventeen, when she was made to take the place of the sick Nie Yue in an arranged marriage with the Song family.
When she started high school, Nie Yao met her rumored fiancé, Song Qichuan. Wearing a tracksuit, he shot hoops beneath the basketball hoop, looking dashing and full of spirit.
One day, she overheard Song Qichuan talking to someone else, and the feelings she'd begun to develop instantly vanished.
"It's just a game for the older generation. Pay it no mind."
"I'm not a garbage collector. Why should I marry an illegitimate daughter?"
It was raining heavily that day. Nie Yao walked home alone, and a black car pulled up in front of her. The driver got out and handed her an umbrella. "My employer asked me to give you this."
Through the car window, Nie Yao caught sight of the man's face.
When she was working at a restaurant after graduating from high school, she unexpectedly ran into that man again.
"Sir, the umbrella is at my place." She gazed at him timidly. "How should I return it?"
Then, like a scorching stone tossed into the still waters of her life, he stirred up a furious, surging tide, and love took root in her heart.
"A graduation gift for Yao Yao." As Song Shiyan fastened a necklace around her neck, she found her courage for the first time.
"I want something else."
"What does Yao Yao want?"
"You."
Song Shiyan touched her face. "Yao Yao can have anything she wants."
Side story
Nie Yue recovered, and the Song family hinted that they wanted to change the person chosen for the marriage alliance.
Song Qichuan never imagined that Nie Yao would accept the decision so calmly. Unable to accept it, he went to confront her, but just as he reached to grab her, someone seized his hand.
The man before him looked grim, and Song Qichuan immediately panicked.
"S-Second Uncle."
Theme: Long live true love
