After getting into Jing University, Chen Xiyuan set off from his small town with his luggage and, feeling both excited and nervous, messaged the gentleman who had always helped him.
He wanted to meet and thank him in person, but the other man declined because of his busy work schedule.
Chen Xiyuan felt a little disappointed. He didn't know the man's name and had forgotten what he looked like. All he remembered was the hand that had held him, a very beautiful hand.
On his first trip to the city, the country boy found everything new and exciting: making good friends, choosing classes, joining clubs, and so on. He had a habit of sharing the things that happened to him with that gentleman.
While Pei Zhiyu was seeing patients, his phone kept dinging. His lock screen was still a photo of Yuanyuan.
Later, one of the nurses in his department spotted it and grew curious. She asked, "Dr. Pei, isn't that the kid who came to see you about his teeth last time..."
Dr. Pei gave her a cool glance, and the nurse fell silent.
She felt like she'd figured everything out.
Yuanyuan, who had no idea what was going on, badmouthed his husband right to his face. Later, when Dr. Pei's true identity was revealed, Yuanyuan was furious.
Dr. Pei, please don't bully a country boy who's just arrived in the city, okay?
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Bottom's POV:
Pei Zhiyu remembered the first time he met the little guy.
His small, tender hand tugged at the perfectly pressed trouser leg. His damp eyes looked up at him, his body covered in wounds of varying severity, like a dying young beast.
At first, Pei Zhiyu had only visited this impoverished place on a whim. Later, he realized that it really had been for selfish reasons.
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Reader's guide:
1. Top-led, 1v1. A sweet, adorable, pitiful college-student top x a seemingly refined, doting but truly dark-hearted doctor bottom.
2. The top was sponsored by the bottom when he was in elementary school. They added each other on WeChat and stayed in touch, but had only met in person when the top was a child. So the top didn't recognize him as an adult, while the bottom was pining away in the shadows, haha.
3. Weak top, strong bottom. The bottom dotes on the top. An older man/younger man romance. No switching, no role reversal.
Theme: Even when life is dim and joyless, keep striving to become a source of light.
