Book differences...If anyone is interested.

I've found the novel and was able to translate it in English. I'm only 6 chapters in, but if anyone is interested in knowing some of differences I thought I'd post them here.

So far:

• Their meeting 10 years later is completely different.  She was at a bar when a neighboring place caught fire. She recognized JSC right away and when the fire was out she bought him water and brought it to him. She greeted him by name, and LF asked if they knew each other and he said no, while she said yes. Which sparked a very interesting exchange where she didn't even tell him her name, but got him to give her his number and left him reeling because she has a photo of his old dog and wont tell him why she has it or give it back.
• Their second meeting is the one that takes place at the search and rescue dog center, he searches her out because he wants the picture of his dog back. The guy who runs the place actually tells JSC who XL is and about her history in the earthquake and that's when he puts the pieces together. He's actually initially happy to realize it, because saving her had been a very profound memory in his life. He didn't recognize her at first because she had short hair and was dressed like a boy when she was rescued, and his brain didn't really make the connection to the beautiful woman he saw in front of him.
• The age difference is 3 years. She was 15 and he 18, when he saved her. She was in a lot worse condition in the earthquake too. She'd been under the rubble for 2 1/2 days before they found her and nearly died of dehydration. They couldn't get her out right away so he sat in the rubble, holding her hand and talking to her to keep her awake for several hours. They just got her out in time to save her. Her mother was in the earthquake too, but died. JSC actually spent almost all his downtime with her at the time, trying to get through to her.
• At the end of their first meeting 10 years later, she's kind of already got him spinning, by the end of the second meeting he's already aware that he might be digging himself a hole he cant get out of.  He thinks that he is not a warm person. That he is cold, proud, and arrogant....but he cant find it himself to be mean to her because of their shared history.
• She is not a reporter, but an animal science professor at the university.  She also started the first blog about stories about rescuing dogs years ago, but stopped posting when it became a popular subject that saturated the market. She is an unknown celebrity because of this.
• Her best friend is a woman who is a doctor. So far no Huo is in the picture.
• JSC and LF are childhood friends who became firefighters together. 

So overall, now that I'm finished...the major changes:

• LF actually fell in love with a widowed professor with a child, that works with SL. Their relationship isn't off the ground...yet. At the end.
• There is no real 3rd couple.
• Huo is only in a handful of scenes in the book and he straight up assaults her in the book in the drunk scene when he shows up at her apartment.
• SL is more cunning, and instead of chasing him....she is really good at getting him to chase her. She isn't clingy outside of the spammy texts.
• Once they're in a relationship, she is the one that keeps having to remind him to maintain decorum in public, because he straight up don't care.
• He almost died in the earthquake.
• Never ended up in a coma.
• they sleep together for the first time, the night he proposes....and then the next day he goes to her house while she is sleeping in his bed and packs up half her house and moves her into his apartment....while picking up the marriage application along the way....
• he has almost 0 chill when it comes to her....and -50 chill after they sleep together....
• At their wedding reception, she tells him she is pregnant.
• Her Dad is the only real obstacle to them getting married because he is dead set on her marrying Huo. But JSC gets him to come around.
• JSC ends up taking a promotion and transferring to the brigade so he will no longer be on the front line at the end. SL doesn't want him to, but he says he wants to have a more steady job for their family.
• They never met as children, but you find out that their grandfathers were friends and used to joke about marrying their grandchildren (them) to each other. But then her grandfather died, and Grandpa Jin lost touch with her father.
• She is not afraid of storms. But is afraid of frogs and toads. Something that JSC finds very amusing. He even tells her he sees one, once....just so she jumps into his arms.

 kristina:

where did you find the English translation?

I actually found it in Chinese, and used the translator in my browser. There are some sentences that translated confusingly, and their pronouns are often backwards. But I understood it.

https://www.sto.cx/book-168377-1.html

Just remember you need to use your translate function on your browser.

The story line in the book seems more interesting. Sad why they have to change the plot/story. I really think that childhood connection is so unnecessary and the clingy male friend of the FL.