Character setup: As children: a lively country girl x a delicate, sickly Chinese-French girl
As adults: a hardworking university-graduate village official x a rich, proud, flirtatious sponsor
Blurb:
When Gu Jin was ten, a princess who looked like she'd stepped out of a fairy tale suddenly appeared in the grand little Western-style house next door.
Golden hair, emerald-green eyes, fair skin, and an exquisite princess dress. Gu Jin, who wore only her older cousin's hand-me-downs, couldn't help but envy her.
The little princess was delicate and sickly, and didn't like to talk. Gu Jin, naturally energetic, felt it was her duty to rescue the princess, so she went to play with her every day.
But all good things must come to an end.
When Gu Jin was twelve, the little princess moved away.
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When they meet again, Gu Jin has graduated from university and returned to her hometown to start a business and help revitalize the countryside.
She speaks fluent local dialect on camera as she promotes her village's agricultural products.
Suddenly, the village chief approaches with a beautiful woman.
"Xiao Gu, we've got a sponsor in our village. Come say hello," the chief calls to her.
Gu Jin turns around. It's the princess, all grown up.
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Gu Jin never expected the pampered princess to return to this little village, much less as its sponsor.
The villagers urge her to go thank Jiang Wangshu.
Facing the little Western-style house she hasn't entered in years, Gu Jin nervously steps inside and explains who she is to Jiang Wangshu.
"Thank me?" Jiang Wangshu walks over to Gu Jin and strokes her slender neck with a pale hand. "How are you going to thank me?" Her hand drifts lower and lower, until it can go no farther. Jiang Wangshu lifts her emerald-green eyes and leans close to Gu Jin's ear, whispering softly, "With you?"
Theme: Bridge the gap between rich and poor.
