Lai Guo and Li Huarong's hometowns are different in June.

It must be misty and drizzling there now.

The wind rustles through the rows of plane trees lining the road, causing their deep, dark green leaves to fall in a flurry.

Whenever this happened, Li Huarong liked to sit in the pavilion by the roadside, have Ru Ma warm a pot of sake, and then sing opera in the rain after drinking it.

As the autumn rain pattered on her body, bringing a cool and comfortable feeling, her already praised voice became even clearer and more melodious.

This always gets her father and mother to praise her.

Then, it was a grand show performed by the whole family.

During her month in Lai State, her once slender and soft hands have now been ruined by the country's first snow.

She opened her blurry eyes and watched the snowflakes drifting outside the window.

I remembered the stage in the Li family mansion, the pavilion where I loved to watch the rain, and my parents' gentle faces...

But she knew that everything was ruined, ruined by her closest relatives.

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Hua Rong walked into the most prestigious school in Lai Guo. At the age of nineteen, she had shed her girlish innocence.

Her alluring, almond-shaped eyes made her resemble a vibrant rose, with sharp thorns.

A young man with dark green eyes walked up to her and blocked her way.

The next moment, a bouquet of vibrant roses was presented to her.

"Li, this is for you. Will you...will you be my girlfriend?!"

Hua Rong looked into the eyes of the shy young man in front of her; his fair face was flushed with a faint blush.

Those dark green eyes resembled the dark green leaves of a Chinese sycamore tree, making her momentarily lost in thought.

A group of noble sons from the Lai Kingdom, who were not far away, held their breath upon seeing this.

"Ah! Don't tell me Lee likes Ryan?"

"No! It can't be like that. Li won't agree to it. This is the first time Ryan has ever given me plum blossoms! I've given them to him twenty times, and Li hasn't even glanced at me!"

"But Lee still hasn't gotten rid of Ryan. How can that kid Ryan compare to me? I'm not convinced!"

When the words reached Ryan's ears, his face turned even redder.

His dark green eyes were fixed on the Chinese girl he had secretly loved for four years, filled with anticipation.

He wondered, would it?

Can I really be that lucky?

Will she really accept his proposal?

Lin Yue was also thinking about this issue.

He stood on the second floor of the library, watching the scene with great interest.

He didn't know when he developed this habit, but by the time he realized it, he couldn't help but stand here every afternoon.

Watching this genius, also from China, ruthlessly reject the noble sons of Lai State time and time again.

This made his otherwise dull life much more interesting.

Hua Rong snapped out of her daze, smiled faintly as she accepted the bouquet of vibrant roses, ignoring the incredulous screams around her, and smiled at Ryan.

"The flowers are beautiful, I'll accept them, but I'm sorry, I can't be your girlfriend."

Ryan's excitement at Hua Rong accepting his roses immediately deflated, and he felt somewhat disappointed.

"Why, Li? Don't you like me?"

Hua Rong tilted her head, looking at the handsome face, feeling quite pleased. After all, appreciating beauty is a biological instinct, and Hua Rong was no exception.

Moreover, Ryan has beautiful eyes; he's such an innocent boy, and Hua Rong can't bear to hurt him.

She said, "Because I still have things to do, Ryan, I'm going home!"

Ryan panicked immediately. He was more afraid of Hua Rong leaving than of being rejected, especially since she was going back to that war-torn country!

"No, Li, if you don't like me, I can leave you alone! But don't leave! No! I'm not trying to control you, it's just that China is too dangerous right now! If you go back, you might very well..."

"Die!" Hua Rong interrupted him, saying calmly, "Ryan, I know everything. But China is my motherland, and now it needs me!"

Ryan cried, his once clear eyes now misty with tears.

He didn't cry out loud, but just looked at Hua Rong and cried silently.

Hua Rong looked at him for a while, then sighed. She knew that this professor's favorite student liked her very much.

This was the only Lai countryman who was good enough to leave an impression on her, since she was quite face-blind when it came to foreigners.

She took out a handkerchief embroidered with lilacs from her bosom and handed it to Ryan.

“Ryan, we can be friends.” With that, Hua Rong took the bouquet of beautiful roses and left.

Ryan watched her retreating figure, then placed the handkerchief tightly against his heart, as if trying to meld it into his very soul.

After leaving the campus, Hua Rong went to her rented apartment.

From the moment she became conscious, she discovered that she had become an illegal immigrant—an illegal immigrant who had smuggled herself from China to Lai State.

She secretly cultivated her inner energy techniques, and only after gaining sufficient strength did she openly appear in the sunlight of Lai Kingdom.

He obtained a legal identity in Lai through special means and eventually got into that university to study medicine.

It took him four years to complete all the courses from undergraduate to doctoral studies, during which he won many medical awards.

Those prize money was enough for her to live comfortably in the capitalist country of Lay.

She went to school this time to get her graduation certificate; she was going back to China!

It wasn't for the greater good of the nation.

Hua Rong never thought of herself as such a kind person.

But some things... always have to be done by someone.

Lin Yue looked at the leisurely figure in front of him and felt very unhappy, extremely unhappy!

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