No, I Can't Fall in Love

Some love stories don't begin with confession.
They begin with denial.

At sixteen, Xiao Zhan believes dreams come before emotions.
A quiet, observant student in his final year of school, he finds comfort in books and words. He writes stories that refuse to follow the usual rules-stories where love isn't defined by wealth, power, or beauty. He hates the idea that one person must always be rich and strong while the other is admired only for their looks.
Love, to him, should be equal-or not written at all.

At twenty-one, Wang Yibo believes survival comes before everything.
By day, he sells vegetables in a crowded market with his father.
By night, he studies relentlessly, chasing a dream that feels too big for someone from a family that counts every coin.
He has an adopted seven-year-old brother to protect, responsibilities to shoulder, and no time to imagine love.

Then one day-
a glance in a market.
A smile that lasts longer than it should.
And two voices whispering the same lie:

No. I can't fall in love.

Years pass. Dreams are chased. Lives move forward.

Until the future shatters in a single moment.

A car accident.
A hospital room filled with fear.
A doctor's voice saying words that change everything:
"He may never remember."

Standing there, Xiao Zhan doesn't cry.
Because somewhere deep inside him, he believes this pain isn't real-
that everything, from the market smile to the years they shared, is just a dream he hasn't woken up from yet.

As machines beep and family members break down, Xiao Zhan drifts backward in time-
to the day he was sixteen,
to the day everything actually began.

This is a story about love that waited,
dreams that refused to die,
and two people who spent years convincing themselves they couldn't fall-
only to learn that some feelings don't ask for permission.

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