From The First Desk To Forever [BL]
Li Yichen and Zhao Rui meet as teenagers in the crowded corridors of No. 3 High School—one the quiet, disciplined top student, the other the charismatic transfer student who never seems to follow the rules. What begins as irritation slowly melts into an unlikely friendship, bound by late-night study sessions, unexpected acts of protection, and moments of warmth neither boy can explain.
But adolescence is fragile. Misunderstandings, jealousy, and unspoken fears carve cracks between them, and on the day they graduate, a storm breaks—leaving both with regrets they carry for years.
Four years later, fate intertwines their paths again.
Yichen, now a calm and distant surgical resident molded by relentless medical training, runs into Rui—now a sharp, fire-tongued prosecutor whose courtroom confidence hides his own scars. Their reunion ignites everything they thought they had buried: longing, resentment, fear, and something frighteningly close to love.
A professional conflict forces them into opposite sides of a medical malpractice case, turning old friends into reluctant rivals. Yet the city presses them together again and again—first as neighbors, then as reluctant allies, and finally as the one constant each has been searching for in an unforgiving world.
As they navigate long surgeries and late-night legal battles, career pressure, family expectations, and the weight of their own past, their bond deepens into a love that is slow, tender, and terrifying. But just when they begin to embrace it, society’s scrutiny and professional risks threaten to pull them apart.
To stay together, they must confront the truths they ran from since high school—who they are, what they want, and the courage it takes to stand by someone even when the world is watching.
From school desk rivals to adults standing hand-in-hand against the world,
this is a story about growing up, growing apart, and finding your way back to the one person you could never forget.
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