Lin Luyue and Jiang Xingran first met at the police station in S City.
Back then, curiosity got the better of her, and she went to the station to see her stepmother make a fool of herself.
Instead, she witnessed a family drama.
Her stunning stepmother pulled out a stack of bills and slapped them onto the patched clothes of a boy. "You've got the wrong person. I'm not your mother, and I'm certainly not his wife. Take this money for your travel expenses, and don't come back to S City."
The boy stood amid the traffic, staring blankly at the woman's retreating back, his eyes full of gloom. From his shattered soul, Lin Luyue caught a familiar scent.
When they met again, the boy was refined and courteous, smiling and chatting with everyone. Their homeroom teacher seated him beside her, hoping he would change her solitary nature.
Lin Luyue scoffed inwardly.
If not for their accidental encounter, Jiang Xingran's disguise would have been perfect.
Why pretend? Life was hard enough already.
Later, Jiang Xingran stood beneath the spotlights, holding the provincial competition trophy, like a little sun shining bright.
Only then did Lin Luyue realize: Oh, so they weren't the same kind of person after all.
She was listless, but the boy was full of spirit. Holding the gleaming trophy, he barged into her life with force.
"Not just the provincial competition, and not just physics."
"Everything."
"I'll give it all to you, all right? Until the day I'm worthy of you."
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[Two lonely souls draw close to each other]
"Do you like reading Journey to the West? I've read it so many times."
"Who's your favorite character?"
"Sun Wukong."
"Oh, why? Because he's so powerful and can transform in seventy-two ways?"
"No. Because he had no parents, suffered so much, and still remained cheerful and optimistic, always helping others. He's my role model."
"Now he's mine, too."
Theme: Saving each other
