I Won't Save You, But I'll Eat With You

[Synopsis]

The day Wen Chi fled back to her hometown, ringing ears, stomach pain, and insomnia all came crashing down on her.

Her parents had left her with her grandmother, and she grew into a “good girl” who habitually tried to please everyone, living like a glass ball ready to shatter at any moment. Her anxiety was moderate, and one psychosomatic symptom after another lined up to torment her.

Her grandmother gave her an old shop, scolding, “This is all you’re good for,” while slipping her twenty thousand yuan.

On the second day after opening the shop, she found a peculiar Jianzhou cat. It wouldn’t eat fish or shrimp, only chicken, like a little spirit fox, so she named it Daxian.

Then she met Cheng Zhiyan. He was a small-town doctor whose stomach was even worse than hers, and he was too awkward to comfort anyone. But when she broke down, he managed to say, “I won’t save you. I’ll go hungry with you, and then I’ll help you eat properly.”

From then on, she took care of his meals, and he held her through her emotions. Together, they helped each other climb out of the mud. Alongside them were a cat that ate nothing but chicken and a grandmother who would call from the street corner, “Come home and have some soup.”

[Reader’s Guide]

· Realistic healing story | Slow-burn daily life | Mutual devotion

· The heroine is imperfect; she breaks down and backs away | The hero isn’t a domineering CEO, just awkward but sincere

· The sharp-tongued grandmother is truly clear-eyed | The haughty cat really does eat nothing but chicken

· “I won’t save you. I’ll go hungry with you.” This isn’t a line of romance, it’s the ultimate expression of a meal-buddy bond