Rekindled Romance | Reunion After a Long Separation | Mutual Salvation | Childhood Friends | Bittersweet Push and Pull | Rental-Apartment Romance | High School and City Life | Fostered
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-A rough, uncouth, devoted puppy of a man × a gentle, independent sweetheart
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Zhou Yan turned eighteen in his second year of high school. That same year, he got into a fight, spent time in the police station, and ended up with a record for delinquency.
Ten years later, Li Qingzi ran into him face-to-face in the school corridor.
The sun blazed overhead, the light was dazzling, and the ground was scorching hot.
Zhou Yan had stubble on his chin and a cigarette in his mouth. He pushed Li Qingzi's hand away. “Get lost. Don't bother me.”
Li Qingzi didn't leave. She followed beside him. “Long time no see, Zhou Yan. What about now? Do you still live where you used to?”
Zhou Yan frowned impatiently and flicked ash from his cigarette. “I've never had a home.”
He blew smoke in Li Qingzi's face. She quietly watched his insolent manner for a moment, then snatched the cigarette and pressed its lit end against his clothes.
Zhou Yan cursed in his local dialect, clutching his chest. “Fuck! That hurts like hell.”
“You don't have a choice, Zhou Yan. Come home with me.”
“Did I owe you something in my last life or what?”
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In her first year of high school, Li Qingzi lost something very important: the talisman her father had given her, which she'd worn since childhood.
Her right eye kept twitching, too, and she had a feeling something bad was going to happen.
Zhou Yan searched for it like a madman, from daytime until the next morning. He practically begged everyone he could find and searched the entire city.
That evening, Zhou Yan stood at her door, panting, with the pendant raised in his hand.
“Hey, is this it?”
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On Zhou Yan's twenty-eighth birthday, he'd had a little to drink. His cheeks were flushed when he suddenly cupped Li Qingzi's face and rambled on and on.
Less than half a minute later, the power went out. Like a starving wolf, Zhou Yan suddenly pinned her down, kissing and entwining with her in a frenzy.
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Of course, lots of people said, “What kind of catch is Zhou Yan? He's just a hoodlum who got hauled into the police station for fighting. Uneducated, broke, rough around the edges, utterly useless.”
And Li Qingzi? She'd excelled in school, returned from studying abroad, was gentle and sensible, and had a cool, ethereal beauty. She deserved someone better.
Only she said, “Zhou Yan, your love is something you can be proud of.”
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Tips:
1. The main couple has no intimate contact before reaching adulthood.
2. A story set in Sichuan.
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Theme: Study hard and keep improving
