Psychology professor: calm, rational, and gentle gong VS a pitiful shou at first, later highly intelligent and chaste
A slow-build romance. The gong is gentle only to the shou, while the shou is anything but chaste around the gong.
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Xia Zhijing died young. When she opened her eyes, she had somehow returned to middle school.
She saw a girl as thin as a bamboo pole, sitting on a chair and trembling. Her period had gotten out of control, blood spreading across the seat, while the whole class watched and laughed at her.
The girl had her face bowed low, her skin so pale it was almost translucent.
Xia Zhijing couldn't remember her name anymore. But even after all those years, she had never forgotten the girl's bright, dark eyes. She had only caught a fleeting glimpse of them, yet they had kept returning to her dreams.
In her previous life, the girl silently endured humiliation in countless corners, then vanished from the world without a sound.
And Xia Zhijing had noticed long ago, yet done nothing.
Xia Zhijing sprang to her feet, only to take too big a step and fall flat on her face.
That was when she remembered she was still a chubby little girl, the kind who got winded after walking a few steps.
The scene was so ridiculous it became awkward.
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Lin Chubai never looked at other people first, because she thought they were frightening.
Until that day, when a pool of red spread beneath her chair and everyone's gaze stabbed into her. She sat dumbly in her seat, without a word.
Suddenly, a loud crash made all those eyes turn away from her. She looked up and, for the first time, took the initiative to look at someone.
The chubby girl had scrambled to her feet, glaring fiercely around the room, but her round face made her utterly lacking in menace.
That evening, the chubby girl appeared at her doorstep.
Drenched and utterly bedraggled, she claimed she'd been passing by and needed to shelter from the rain. For some reason, Lin Chubai invited her inside.
From then on, the chubby girl kept finding ways to bring her tasty food. She also often came over to help fix things around the house.
Shower gel by the bed, laundry soap in the basin, mint toothpaste... and sanitary pads she couldn't afford...
She also took her to get glasses, dragged her out running, and urged her to study.
Later, the chubby girl changed. Her face grew lean, the softness disappeared from her belly, and her heart grew hard. She stopped hugging Lin Chubai and stopped comforting her to sleep.
But she still pushed her to study and looked after her health, until she gradually became the person she'd always wanted to be.
One day, a mutual friend asked her, "Could she be your mom or something?"
Lin Chubai thought about it, then smiled and lowered her head. She didn't deny it.
No. She was the person I could never reach, the person I would pursue forever, the person I loved to the marrow of my bones.
Theme: Women supporting women
