"Trying to guess what's in your heart, my thoughts are a mess because I want so badly to get closer to you."
Ji Nanli's mother loved eating Nanguo pears, so his childhood nickname was Xiao Li. But despite the name, he despised Nanguo pears. He said, "Xiao Li doesn't eat small pears," when really he was just afraid they'd be sour.
As for Qi Sinian, it wasn't until he met Ji Nanli that he learned his name had such a beautiful origin: "May you enjoy countless years of good fortune and prosperity."
Two years together, seven years of memories, and ten autumns spent hesitating to approach.
You never stopped walking. I'm still right where you left me.
I want you to be whole and untainted, untouched by love.
The years have been unkind, but at least I lived to see you take that step toward me.
A bitter, brooding, robotic senior -> a perpetually gentle, broken doctor x a sharp-tongued, arrogant junior -> a sunny, absent-minded professor
P.S. The timeline is an extra that will be updated alongside the main story. It's our robotic bro's little notebook. To keep the story flowing smoothly, you can skip it for now.
Theme: May the stubborn one learn to speak up soon
