A bus stopped at the entrance to a remote village, and several wealthy Alpha heirs who had been sent by their families to gain experience stepped off.
Jiang Tang looked at Zhuo Yunli, the arrogant, spoiled young Alpha assigned to stay at his home, and knew he could only make sure he was well fed and looked after.
Until one sweltering night...
He and Zhuo Yunli both tumbled into a field ditch, and in the next instant Zhuo Yunli was pinning him down, his eyes dark.
As their relationship rapidly grew closer, Zhuo Yunli would sometimes lend him books he'd brought along, telling him about the prosperity and opportunities of the big city. In Jiang Tang, who had spent his whole life in this remote mountain village, he planted a seed of longing.
So Jiang Tang could only study hard, hoping to get into a school in Zhuo Yunli's city.
Two months later, the bus was waiting at the village entrance again... They were leaving, and Jiang Tang was the last to find out.
When he raced to the village entrance, he could only gaze at Zhuo Yunli from a distance through the bus window.
Jiang Tang had so much he wanted to ask, but Zhuo Yunli no longer looked at him. His friend was the only one left, leaning against the bus door and watching him mockingly. "Didn't Brother Zhuo already give you money? You're just a Beta. How hard is it to take the money and be done with it?"
Jiang Tang remembered that Zhuo Yunli had given him a bank card the night before, saying he wanted Jiang Tang to have a better life. Jiang Tang had thought it meant they were planning a future together. It turned out to be payment to buy off their entanglement over the past few months.
The pale-faced Beta finally felt the shame he had been too slow to recognize. He nodded awkwardly. "I understand."
After learning his lesson, Jiang Tang sat alone at home all night. At last, he saw the truth. He cleared away everything Zhuo Yunli had left behind, shut his heart to love, and started over.
They had always been two parallel lines that never crossed. All that was happening now was that things were being set right.
Theme: Persevere and strive for self-improvement.
