The Eighteenth Spring [GL]

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Yan Lianyi's college entrance exam placement fell short of her expectations. During the year she was preparing to study abroad, a contract forced her, as a direct relative of the legal representative, to join the family business.

-- She was sent to a newly contracted rural high school to take over its convenience store and serve as its public-facing manager.

During the year she ran the store, she met one of the teachers there.

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From the innocent days of campus life to a small town shrouded in clouds, the wheels of fate turned mercilessly. Every time Yan Lianyi tossed a lot or flipped a coin, whichever side came up took her back to that summer after the college entrance exams, and the bittersweet encounter that had taken her away from home.

Under pressure from her family's business, Yan Lianyi moved to a rural school to temporarily take charge of its supermarket. She moved into the "Teachers' Home," where a woman lived across the hall from her.

She had never imagined that she would end up with an ambiguous relationship with a teacher.

-- After all, she was most afraid of teachers.

Yet someone with a warm smile and a beautiful face, friendly to everyone, kept "coming on to" her.

That woman had no idea how heart-stirring her behavior was. Taking advantage of being a "straight woman," she repeatedly got Yan Lianyi to forgive her for "offenses" that crossed the line.

She left the crisp scent of wintersweet on Yan Lianyi. She had her "deign" to ride on her little electric scooter.

In the end, they became entangled, like broken branches and leaves battered by the storms of the rainy season, unable to part and striking against each other again and again.

At last, Yan Lianyi said to her, "Hong is the bird by the river, and you are the one in my heart."

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[Everyday moments between outgoing Teacher Gu, who instantly gets familiar with people, and introverted student Xiao Yan]:

She held up her sexy swimsuit in front of Yan Lianyi and asked sincerely, "Does it look good?"

She guided Yan Lianyi's hand over her perfect figure and asked sincerely, "Is it sexy?"

When Yan Lianyi had a fever and a cold, she stayed by her bedside to care for her, then asked sincerely, "Am I good to you?"

Gu Jinghong thought that everything that had happened between her and the little shop owner across the hall, things that looked extremely ambiguous to outsiders, was simply mutual admiration between two "straight women."

Who could have guessed that, without even realizing it, she would end up with all sorts of legendary tags: flirtatious, gentle, older woman, big-sister energy, and more...

The once shy and bashful young woman cast aside her usual reserve and said, "Teacher Gu, you have to take responsibility."

[An 18-year-old convenience store owner and a 24-year-old newly appointed rural high school teacher]

A devoted younger puppy and a slow-to-warm, kind older sister

[Secondary couple]: A bookstore owner with a touch of rebellious idealism and a Chinese teacher with a touch of romance on the brain

[Reading tips~]

1. This is a slice-of-life story.

2. Secret crush in the first part, then a pursuit of the wife in the second.

3. Six-year age gap.

This blurb was screenshotted and archived on August 12, 2024.

Theme: Gold will always shine.