Seventeen Vine Moon

Jiang Li first met Liang Zhou Yue while she was uncomfortably dressed in a gown, hiding in his resting room to adjust her attire. 
Seeing him, she became so nervous that she couldn't pull up the zipper, her embarrassment palpable. 
That day, Jiang Li felt an unusual tug at his heartstrings and helped her with the zipper twice. 
Upon their next encounter, he was the campus prince, and she was everyone's darling. 
He played basketball on the field, while she, in her flowing dress, sat in her boyfriend's passenger seat. 
It was then that Jiang Li understood he had to see things through to the bitter end. 
To seize love forcefully, to take advantage of her vulnerability. 
After all, such a beautiful woman should naturally belong to him. 

Liang Zhou Yue never thought she would be liked by a man five years her junior. 
He was rebellious, cold, proud, and remote, but he always responded to her every request. 
On a hot summer day, Liang Zhou Yue was stopped by a downpour at the entrance of the teaching building, with swirling filthy water and sludge on the steps below. 
As she worried about how to return to her dorm, a man's rigid spine bent in front of her. 
Jiang Li's tone was always so languid, casually stirring distress: "Sister, I'm afraid you're scared. I especially came to carry you home today." 
In that moment, Jiang Li, who had never gotten close to a girl before, submitted to her before everyone.

Deliberate Infatuation

On the way to the hospital, Jiang Li really felt Ms. Fang's enthusiasm, which started with her concern for Liang Zhouyue's injury and extended to her relationship with him.


Jiang Li wasn't a particularly enthusiastic person, but he was much more patient when facing Liang Zhouyue's parents.


He responded to each of their questions, always maintaining a humble and polite demeanor, devoid of his usual haughtiness.


But Ms. Fang knew better, asking only about trivial matters and carefully avoiding any questions that might invade Jiang Li's privacy.


Upon arriving at the hospital, Jiang Li led the way the Zhouyue's ward.


Seeing her daughter lying flat on the bed, with one leg suspended in a cast, Ms. Fang's emotional defenses instantly collapsed. She quickly approached Zhouyue's bed, inspecting her from head to toe, her voice trembling, "Yueyue... why is it so serious? Didn't you say over the phone that it was just a sprain?"


Chapter 140: The Mother-in-Law Grows More Satisfied with Her Son-in-Law the More She Sees Him