Spring's Lush Radiance

In the late 1990s, Wang Ruilin ignored his father's objections and went to teach in a remote village. He was tall and handsome, the kind of teacher the students had never seen before. It was no surprise that they liked him, but even the shady shopkeeper by the school gate latched onto him.

When Wang Ruilin went to buy his first fountain pen, the shopkeeper didn't charge him a cent and even gave him two pieces of bubble gum.

The next time Wang Ruilin went to buy stationery, the shopkeeper still refused to take his money. Not only that, he even paid out of pocket. Wang Ruilin felt too embarrassed to go back.

As soon as Wang Ruilin stopped going, the shopkeeper came looking for him himself. Grinning with a row of white teeth, he asked in a careless drawl, "Teacher Wang, why don't you come buy anything anymore?"

"Who sells things without charging?" Wang Ruilin asked in return.

"I do. Forget giving you all this stuff, I could even give you myself."

Wang Ruilin frowned. "You're a strange person."

That strange man kept clinging to him. They crossed into a new century, and his feelings never changed...

Younger gong, dark-skinned shou, down-to-earth love (I'm not deleting this again), slice of life, happy ending

Theme: Always keep your heart sincere