Eloping with a Genius Tramp

[Older man + mutual pampering + mutual healing + sweet romance + painful family backgrounds + one-on-one, both leads' first time]

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Blurb:

Xiao Luo, eighteen, was a good student and a kind person. After his father remarried, he became invisible in his own home. He grew gloomy, and bullying by his classmates robbed him of the will to live.

One day, he jumped into a river, but a homeless man pulled him out.

He had thought the man was the dregs of society, riddled with dirty diseases and the sort of person people would avoid even in a crowd. But then he realized...

There was more to this homeless man than met the eye.

Xin Zui was all bark and no bite. He said he wouldn't take care of Xiao Luo, yet held him tight in his arms on a rainy night. He said he was guilty of terrible crimes, yet rescued every stray cat and dog he came across.

He also read books entirely in English and studied psychology.

Night after night, the two embraced in a broken-down boat, kissing in a corner of the world no one cared about. With him, Xiao Luo experienced a kind of love he had never known.

The world didn't love him, but this homeless man did.

Xiao Luo: Then let's run away together.

Coming Soon, Set in the Same World: Tempting the Criminal [Crime Investigation]

Bo Shu, twenty-nine, had been a police officer for seven years. His body was covered in scars, and he had earned countless honors.

He thought he could see through people, until he responded to a call and met a complainant mistaken for a criminal.

A worthy opponent meets a worthy adversary. They tested each other, probing and questioning, time after time.

As they went back and forth, they saw straight into each other's souls. Every interrogation technique became unnecessary.

Taciturn, far too composed, and incredibly difficult to deal with: that was Bo Shu's first impression of Shen Rui Cheng.

Later, the case was solved and the misunderstanding cleared up. To apologize, Shen Rui Cheng was invited to the celebration banquet.

Bo Shu stood under the spotlight as medals and certificates piled up around him.

In a quiet corner, Shen Rui Cheng silently offered him a cigarette.

"Deputy Captain Bo, life must be hard."

Bo Shu choked on his beer. "Hard, my ass."

His career was going well, his parents were healthy, he was a one-man wrecking crew in a fight, and he was surrounded by friends wherever he went.

Hard? What was there to be hard about?

Bo Shu assumed the man was talking nonsense. But the words he'd scoffed at seemed like a curse that had come true.

The next time Bo Shu saw Shen Rui Cheng, it was in the hospital's psychology department.

He was the patient, and Shen Rui Cheng was the doctor.

Looking at the man's face, cold as ice, Bo Shu hesitated, then finally asked the question he'd buried in his heart.

"Dr. Shen, do you think absolute justice exists in this world?"

It wasn't the sort of question a police officer should ask.

The man didn't answer. He silently opened the door and showed Bo Shu out.

Later, Bo Shu ran into Shen Rui Cheng again at a bar.

He asked why Shen Rui Cheng hadn't accepted his request for counseling that day.

Shen Rui Cheng took a sip of his drink, his voice exceptionally calm. "A doctor can't develop feelings for a patient that go beyond the doctor-patient relationship."

"I can't stay objective and calm around someone I fell in love with at first sight."

Red wine stained the white shirt. Neon lights reflected in Bo Shu's eyes, leaving him dazed.

"I'm straight," Bo Shu said.

"I know."

"Then... Dr. Shen, would you like to date me?"

Note: The shou isn't ill; he just has unresolved issues.

Theme: Even when faced with hardship, keep moving forward bravely, stand on your own, and strive to build a better future.