After graduating from college, Tang Yining moved in with her older brother for a while.
One day, she went downstairs to throw out the trash and saw a tall, long-legged man step out of the elevator. He had thick brows, a high nose, and cool, dark eyes. Even in the height of summer, he had his collar buttoned to the top, looking aloof, noble, and impossible to approach.
Tang Yining's heart thumped.
On Monday, Tang Yining went to the hospital with her brother. By chance, they ran into a violent incident involving a patient. In the midst of the crisis, a man in a white coat stepped forward and snatched away the knife.
Tang Yining, who had grown up in an environment as sweet as cotton candy, was so frightened that her legs went weak. She was completely smitten.
When she learned the man worked in the same department as her brother, Tang Yining nervously asked her brother, Jiang Baiyang, about him.
Jiang Baiyang said disdainfully, "That's Xu Xingzhi. Don't tell me one rescue and you've switched sides, Ningning?"
Tang Yining's heart stopped. She thought, I'm doomed.
Jiang Baiyang and Xu Xingzhi had been in the same class since high school, and had loathed each other ever since. After graduation, they joined the same hospital, making their rivalry even more fierce.
For more than a decade, Tang Yining had heard the name "Xu Xingzhi" so often she could practically hear it in her sleep.
Furiously wiping away her bitter tears, Tang Yining declared that she would stand with her brother against their common enemy, and would never let herself fall for her savior.
Jiang Baiyang nodded, quite pleased. "At least you have a conscience."
Until one day, Tang Yining stepped out of the apartment across the hall in her nightdress and locked eyes with Jiang Baiyang, who had just come home unexpectedly.
Seeing her brother's face turn cold, Tang Yining thought, I'm really doomed!
*
One day after they started dating, Xu Xingzhi searched his own name in Tang Yining's WeChat history. The screen filled with curses, and he scrolled until his finger cramped without reaching the end. The messages spanned seven years.
The man looked at her calmly with his dark eyes. "Care to explain?"
Tang Yining: ...This is even worse.
Bonus scene:
After Xu Xingzhi discovered the chat history, Tang Yining frantically asked her brother for help. To her surprise, Jiang Baiyang called Xu Xingzhi directly.
On the phone, Jiang Baiyang was as cold and cocky as ever. "Seven years is just how long Ningning's had her WeChat account. It doesn't mean that's how long she's been cursing you."
Tang Yining: ...
An older brother's mouth is the devil's own weapon.
A heartwarming story of someone who tries to "make a show of taking the main road, but secretly takes the back road," only for the "main road to collapse and the back road to go up in flames"~
Theme: Sweet romances can heal anything!