[Sweet, innocent village girl × deceptively gentle male sent-down youth]
On the second day after being sent to the countryside, Pei Yunan discovered a secret: a girl was hiding in the dense camphor tree behind the youth settlement, secretly reading a book.
Pei Yunan passed that tree many times and helped cover for her more than once. He'd even learned almost everything about her from the villagers, yet she still hadn't noticed him.
Then one day, the book that seemed never to end slipped from the tree and hit his shoulder. That was when Pei Yunan first saw the girl's beautiful eyes, usually lowered shyly.
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Jiang He and her mother have relied on each other for seventeen years. She knows her father's story by heart: the modern-day Chen Shimei who abandoned his wife and daughter.
Because of that, her mother has never let her study. But Jiang He has always wanted to know what university is like. Does going there really make you as heartless and disloyal as her father?
So she has a secret. Whenever she tells her mother she's going to play with a friend, she actually sneaks off to read in different places around the village.
It was a secret that belonged only to her, until one day she lost her grip on her book and it happened to hit someone.
From then on, her secret became their secret.
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When Jiang He decides to marry Comrade Pei, every villager in Yuntan Village, near or far, comes out of their own accord to talk her out of it.
Sent-down youths are bound to return to the city. Educated people with promising futures are all Chen Shimeis. Comrade Pei is both, and on top of that, he's handsome and seems to have plenty of money. At a glance, he doesn't look like someone who'd settle down and live an ordinary life.
But no matter who tries to talk her out of it, Jiang He just smiles sweetly and says, “I trust him.”
The villagers who watched her grow up sigh to themselves, waiting for Jiang He to follow in her mother's footsteps.
They wait and wait, until Comrade Pei's university acceptance letter finally arrives. They know how this goes. Next, they'll have to go comfort Jiang He after her husband abandons her.
Wait, what? Why is Comrade Pei taking Jiang He with him to university?
And who started spreading fake news? How could Jiang He, who only went to elementary school, possibly be the second science-track top scorer in the county's history?
Also known as: “Passing Under the Tree Eight Hundred Times a Day,” “So You Had a Crush on Me Too,” “I Win My Wife Over by Helping Her with Her Studies,” and “What Do I Do When My Wife's Cuteness Knocks Me Out Every Day?”
1. There aren't any detailed scenes of studying, so readers who were worried about that don't need to worry~
2. A sweet, healing slice-of-life romance focused on feelings. This is an alternate setting with original details, so please don't nitpick the history.
3. I'll start posting once I have a stable stockpile of chapters. Guaranteed not to drop it, so please add it to your favorites!
Blurb last updated on 2024/11/25, with a record kept.
Theme: Love can overcome every obstacle.
