Among the scions of Beijing's elite, Chen Zhaobai was universally recognized as a prodigy.
Without relying on his family, he made a name for himself across the northern city at twenty-five with nothing but a scalpel, becoming the youngest master surgeon around.
Cold and arrogant, with eyes set impossibly high, he also had a face capable of ruining the world.
One society heiress after another tried to win him over, and every one of them went home defeated.
People in their circle privately declared: Whoever could make Chen Zhaobai lower his head probably hadn't been born yet.
Then one day, he returned from the south with a little girl who was just like a wild kitten.
The girl's name was Zhao Ye. Her features were richly beautiful, her looks so dazzling they almost hurt, yet she was prickly all over, wild and hard to tame.
At a party, Zhao Ye openly gave Chen Zhaobai the cold shoulder, then turned and walked away.
The entire room was in an uproar, and the air fell dead silent.
Who would dare provoke that icy glare?
The vein at Chen Zhaobai's temple throbbed. With frost on his face, he scooped her up and walked off.
Everyone waited for the drama: "Just watch. Give it three days, and Chen Zhaobai will dump her for sure."
A busybody quietly followed them out, only to see this:
Zhao Ye sat on a swing, her little face tense as she kicked her legs impatiently. "Chen Zhaobai! Are you ever going to stop?"
And Chen Zhaobai, noble and haughty, a man who had never once bowed his head, was now down on one knee before her.
"No," he said, his face cold as he tied her shoelace. "Not for the rest of my life."
The girl glared at him. "You don't care about me at all!"
"You're the one," Chen Zhaobai scoffed, "who doesn't care that it hurts me to see you like this."
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Chen Zhaobai arrived in a small town covered in wounds. A wild kitten scratched him, then healed him.
Zhao Ye lost her mother young and grew up dependent on others. She cultivated a body full of thorns to fight the whole world. But one day, someone embraced her through those thorns and told her she didn't have to keep pretending to be strong. He would love her forever.
Bratty rebel x refined, aloof man
The aloof beauty descends from her lofty pedestal
A little story about two people healing each other, easy on the stomach.
2023.2.26
Reader's guide:
1. One-on-one romance, both leads sexually inexperienced, happy ending
2. Eight-year age gap. The heroine is an adolescent drama queen.
3. No intimacy of any kind while she is underage.
4. A bickering couple who are always at odds
Theme: Love may lie beyond mountains and seas, but mountains and seas can be crossed.
