He Wants to Raise a Tree

[Getting back together after a breakup (though they never really broke up) + younger top + mutual pursuit + mutual spoiling, mostly by the top + happy ending + comedy + seven-year age gap]

Main couple: Jing An x Meng Jinyue

[Chuunibyou top who's planning to start a business, not very bright, and stubborn x cool on the outside, warm on the inside, powerful bottom with a strong need for control]

Side couple: Shi Pingyu x Chen Liang

[Emotionally detached, slightly unhinged, powerful top x profit-driven, scheming, and flexible bottom]

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In his first year of college, Jing An fell in love at first sight with an upperclassman whose name was on the honor roll. His feelings finally burst forth when he met the real person at a speech. He pursued him relentlessly and eventually won him over.

People said the seven-year itch was real. Afraid his own feelings would fade while his senior fell deeper in love, Jing An proposed they set a seven-year limit and automatically break up when it was over.

Aaahhh! How did seven years go by so fast?!

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After the breakup, Jing An felt like he was having a run of bad luck. The first time he went to a bar, he got hit with a bottle and ended up in the hospital. The second time, his ex caught him red-handed.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. There won't be a third time!

The third time he went to a bar, he woke up in bed with his ex.

Jing An lit a cigarette and snuggled into his ex's arms, deciding to cherish his life and stay away from bars.

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Don't disturb the person I love. Wait until he wants it himself.

This cryptic line somehow brought the headlong romance of a pair of star-crossed lovebirds to a halt.

Both Jing An and Meng Jinyue believed in it wholeheartedly.

They each suppressed their unspeakable desires and quietly bided their time, both waiting for the other to be willing. And then the day they were supposed to break up arrived.

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Jing An was a rootless tree, free to go wherever he pleased. Meng Jinyue wanted to keep that tree for himself. After all their twists and turns, Meng Jinyue finally realized that Jing An's roots had always been right there with him.

Meng Jinyue wanted to raise a tree.

Meng Jinyue had already succeeded in keeping that tree all to himself.

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Theme: Don't disturb the person I love. Wait until he wants it himself.