My Reborn Ex-Husband Is Now the Boy Next Door [The 1980s]

When Lin Ling was seven, a cool-faced boy named Lu Yusheng moved in next door. He was only a year older, but he acted like a little grown-up, constantly telling her what to do.

"The dried tofu they sell by the road isn't clean. You'll get diarrhea if you eat it. Don't."

"Don't play by the river, and don't even go near it!"

As she got older, he started making even more rules.

"Don't accept letters from Fatty Tang. He's a good-for-nothing."

At first, Lin Ling found him annoying. But little by little, she noticed that Lu Yusheng would secretly slip White Rabbit candies into her schoolbag.

When her parents had to leave her locked at home, and she cried from hunger, Lu Yusheng would always show up at just the right moment, carrying an enamel bowl filled with pork noodle soup.

On a stormy day, when she was delirious with a high fever, Lu Yusheng carried her through the flooded alley to the clinic.

In her lonely, gray childhood, this quiet boy next door used a piece of candy, a bowl of hot food, and a steady back to prop up her tottering little world, awkwardly but steadfastly.

In his previous life, it wasn't until after their divorce that he learned how much his wife had suffered.

No wonder she'd kept every grievance to herself and never told anyone what was troubling her.

By the time he found out, it was too late. Lin Ling had died of a serious illness, and he had lost her forever.

Fortunately, when he woke up one day, he had somehow become the seven-year-old boy who lived next door to Lin Ling.

This time, he'll protect his little Lingling himself!

Reader's guide:

1. This is a story about love, companionship, and healing.

2. The heroine has no romance before adulthood.

Blurb archived on June 18, 2025.

Theme: Love can heal you across time.