This is a shou-centric career-focused story. The main story is complete, and bonus chapters are being updated.
Blurb:
When Lu Zhao was ten, his mother gave birth to a younger brother.
His brother was a male insect. His father held him up and cheered, saying that everything in the family belonged to him.
After that, Lu Zhao was never allowed to sit at the dining table again.
He asked his mother why they couldn't sit at the table with his father and brother. His mother didn't answer. She just silently ate the tiny portion in her bowl.
This went on until Lu Zhao turned eighteen, when his life finally reached its most important turning point: he was going to college.
He got into one of the country's top universities, but when he brought the admission letter home, his father tore it up.
"Didn't I tell you to apply to an auto repair school?! Who told you to apply to a university in the capital?!"
Why? Why did he have to go out and earn money at such a young age to support his brother's education? Why did his life have to be sacrificed?
Lu Zhao refused to accept it. With the ID card his mother had secretly slipped him and a train ticket his homeroom teacher had bought for him, he squeezed onto a green train bound for the capital, all by himself.
At the time, he had no idea that the simple decision he'd made on an ordinary afternoon would change his life.
During his four years studying in the capital, he met the best teachers and friends, and by chance, spent some time walking alongside Fang Yao, a favored child of heaven.
But over those four years, he also lost all his family and could never return to his hometown. He could only drift like a rootless duckweed in a strange land.
He thought he'd already experienced the lowest point of his life, but little did he know that those brief four years of college would be the happiest, easiest, and most fulfilling time of his entire life.
After bidding farewell to his alma mater, a long, rugged road filled with hardships and danger awaited him.
He had no support, no companions, only a simple pack to accompany him as he walked alone toward the summit.
At first he stumbled and fell, bloodying his head. Later, he trudged along, exhausted and drained.
At last, he made it through the long night and reached the dawn. Everything passed like a fleeting cloud, and he finally raised his head to see the magnificent scenery ahead.
He had grown used to being alone, but the person he'd never been able to forget since his youth came before him once more.
When Fang Yao saw Lu Zhao again, the timid, skinny, dark-skinned young female insect he'd once known had grown into a confident young man.
Fang Yao had kept every letter he'd written to himself over the years, along with the replies he'd never been able to send.
He carried them as he went to meet Lu Zhao, hoping to see him wear the same delighted, astonished, adoring expression as before.
But Lu Zhao only froze for a moment, then offered him a polite, distant smile. "Mr. Fang, it's been a long time."
Two people from different worlds crossed paths by chance, swept forward by the tides of their era. Once separated by a sea of people, they eventually found their way back to each other.
An insect-tribe historical novel, with a large ensemble cast. The main story follows Lu Zhao's growth.
Aloof, untouchable gong (Fang Yao) x hardworking shou who keeps striving to improve (Lu Zhao)
(Appearance of) getting back together after a breakup, with a little groveling and chasing after the wife
The background and some social customs are based on the 1980s and 1990s.
Theme: Take life seriously.
I remember that Mr. Xu also laughed at Fang Yao before, saying that if he had children in the future, Fang Yao might not be able to catch up with Ah Zhao. Okay, that's a slap in the face.
Lovers can not only drink enough water, but also eat all-you-can-eat braised prawns!
I have read it again, and I still like this article. It is really my favorite novel of 2023. I like the way my wife narrates it. She told the story eloquently. There is family, love, friendship, and the career of each character. It is really perfect.
I stayed up all night to read it and couldn't stop at all. I loved it so much. Whether it was the youthful college days at the beginning, or the thrilling plot lines of several years of ups and downs at the grassroots level in the middle, or the relationship between the two, they were all very well written. I cried many times while watching, Ah Zhao established a destiny for the people, and Ah Yao created peace for all generations. I can always think of those people who serve the country and the people. I am just a salted fish, but without them, I would not be able to read online articles leisurely and comfortably now. There are also pairs of shoes that Ah Zhao wears one after another as he grows up, and he also cries easily. He kept wiping his tears with the quilt while reading the article, hahahahaha. The author's wife is very powerful. She grasps the rhythm of the plot line and the emotional line very well. The writing is smooth and coherent. I haven't seen this kind of high-quality writing in a long time. The plot is not about rebirth or cheating. Even in the end, Ah Yao and Ah Zhao supported and took action to deal with the group of people. Ah Zhao had already made it through on his own. He didn't rely on anyone. This article should not only be collected in this way, but it also shows that this is a treasured article that will become popular sooner or later!
Happy holiday to the author! The little fat boy is so cute haha! If I remember correctly, when Fang Heng came to the school to look for Lu Zhao, Yueyue also liked Xiao Chongzai a lot haha
It's so good. I almost wanted to fall in love for a moment.
I cried. I really shed tears when I saw Seventeen Years. We have finally come to an end. Thank you to the author for providing such a wonderful seventeen-year life story.
I really can't bear to finish it. Will you write baby stories in the future? I beg the author to write about the next generation and turn it into a series!!!
This is a Gu family cub. So cute.
Only with scheming can you win the beauty back~