Lin Youyi grew up alongside Jiang Shuo.
One was quiet, the other lively, and Lin Youyi was always cheerfully chasing after Jiang Shuo.
The neighbors would laugh and say that when she grew up, she would marry Brother Jiang Shuo.
Lin Youyi thought so too.
Until the winter break of her senior year, when Lin Youyi accidentally broke a gift another girl had given Jiang Shuo.
The man who was always distant and cool lost patience with her for the first time. Finally, restraining his temper, he said coldly, "This ends here. I don't want to see you again."
As it turned out, he wasn't as heartless as he seemed.
He could care deeply about someone.
It just wasn't her.
Lin Youyi ran out of Jiang Shuo's house in tears. From then on, she never set foot through the gate at the end of the alley again.
Later, Jiang Shuo regretted it.
On a snowy day, he waited at the school gate with an umbrella, hoping to walk home with Lin Youyi.
Instead, he saw her sharing an umbrella with someone else. Beneath the falling snow, she rose onto her toes and kissed the corner of that person's lips.
Under the black umbrella, the man had a wound at his temple. His whole face was arrogant and defiant, his expression full of satisfaction and delight at having gotten what he wanted.
Jiang Shuo recognized him.
It was Shen Hezhou, the guy he'd gotten into a fight with not long ago.
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Shen Hezhou was born with thorns, like a wild dog no one dared to tame or discipline.
Only when Lin Youyi was mentioned did his expression soften.
When he stood on the podium as world champion, the host handed him a microphone and asked, "What's your greatest wish now?"
Shen Hezhou raised his medal high and smiled with unrestrained confidence. Without the slightest hesitation, he said:
"I hope the girl I love will be safe and well, and that everything in her life will go smoothly."
-Even if this life brings me a world of glory, for you, I would gladly be a dog at your feet.
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