Severe Convection [Childhood Friends]

Qin Qixiang was born into a military family compound. She was an exemplary student from a young age, gentle and obedient, the "good little sister" everyone in the neighborhood adored. In private, however, she did something wildly out of character: by accident... she slept with her brilliant childhood friend, a man of impeccable character who was pure and restrained.

When she woke up and saw his cool, sleeping face, her mind went blank and she ran away. She left behind half a bed's worth of warmth and blocked him, too.

After all, she had been raised in his home as a child, and he had cared for her devotedly. He had even taught her what to use when she got her first period.

She had always known that he saw her only as a "little sister."

No matter how much she tried to avoid him, she couldn't escape their "sibling" bond. They met again at a family dinner.

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Zhou Zhuo spent his whole life as a model older brother, winning countless competition awards and skipping three grades to get into college early. A textbook rationalist, he was always restrained and always calm.

When the neighbors went away on a research trip, they left their daughter, four years younger than him, in his family's care.

She was clingy and spoiled, and it was her first time away from her parents. Whenever something frightened her, she would hide and stay silent.

He read her stories to help her fall asleep, took her punishment when she was in trouble, took her to watch the meteor shower, and carried her down an entire long street. All he wanted was to take good care of her as she grew up and remain a gentle "good big brother."

Until the day of her graduation ceremony, when she leaped from the stage into his arms like a little fairy.

He shamefully realized that he had developed improper feelings for her.

From then on, he could never speak his love aloud. He was no gentleman, and his conscience was troubled.

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The first time Li Mingju met him was on a damp, rainy day. Her teacher said the seating arrangements were changing. Busy moving her things, she bumped into the new student behind her.

In the dim light, the neat and gentle boy moved with polite grace. The shell buttons on his chest gleamed. He came from a completely different world than she did, a poor student who had worn the same old uniform for three years.

Later, she heard someone call his name.

Qi Zaiyang.

Back then, he was the young master of a distinguished family, the most famous figure in the whole school. A black business car picked him up every evening. At this high school full of luxury cars, his was always at the front of the line.

Everyone could tell that his future would be smooth sailing.

Mingju thought so, too.

He was a young master from a noble family, while she was a poor student who kept her head down and studied. Apart from competing academically, their lives had nothing to do with each other.

Then, during a heavy snowfall, Mingju's mother had a manic episode and shoved her into the snow. People covered their noses and pointed at her, laughing. As the falling snow blurred her vision, someone opened an umbrella over her, shielding her from the gossip.

He gave her courage, helped her beat up the rich kid who bullied her, bought her the best laboratory, and helped her make the national team for an academic competition.

With gentle eyes, the boy gathered her into his arms, bruised and disheveled, and promised he would always lift her up so she could make her own legend.

*

Qi Zaiyang came from a prestigious family and carried the weight of their expectations from childhood. Every move he made was strictly governed by rules. His life was absurdly dull, and he had never looked forward to tomorrow.

Until the day he sat on a tree branch, thinking of jumping.

A girl squeezed half her body between the branches, stretched out her arm, and grabbed him, teetering dangerously as she did. "You won't fall. I'm holding on to you."

From then on, his empty gaze had somewhere to rest. He wanted her to soar like an eagle toward a higher sky.

"You are the most precious bird in my life."

"As you fly higher, please remember to look down at me, too."

*

On the night before Mingju was due to leave for training camp, her mother heard she wanted to leave and locked her inside the house, cutting off all contact with the outside world.

On that freezing winter night, trapped and going mad, she made a wish at the only window: to be free like a bird.

Knock, knock, knock

Someone tapped on the window.

Qi Zaiyang stood beneath it, covered in snow. His gentle eyes were red. "Li Mingju, let me help you escape."

Fate was playing tricks on her, refusing to let her win.

So she would break the locks of fate and become a legend.

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