Male lead: Shen Yan, a genius prodigy from the 22nd century. At 25, after contracting a virus, he transmigrates to the 1960s. He appears gentle and refined, but is shrewd and decisive inside, with a mind far ahead of his time. When it comes to love, he goes from indifferent to hopelessly devoted.
Female lead: Lu Wan, a native of the 1960s and a country girl. She's lazy but clever, knows when to bend and when to stand firm, has principles, and is sweet-tongued and good at flattery. A little selfish but never malicious, she's no lovesick fool and just wants a steady life. It's 1969 in a small city in the north, where supplies are scarce and people are complicated. She's a country girl so lazy it could make smoke rise: if she can sit, she won't stand, and if she can lie down, she won't sit. She's sweet-tongued and shamelessly ingratiating, but she has her limits. He's a scheming county committee clerk through and through, deeply calculating and ruthlessly efficient. He seems cold, but beneath the surface he has an overwhelming possessive streak.
They first meet when he catches her shirking her shift on the spot.
She thinks he'll send her home, but instead he says, "Stay. I'll make sure you can sit all day." She helps him quash rumors, gather information, and devise plans; he shields her from trouble, takes her side without hesitation, and carefully plots every move. From using each other to testing one another,
from undercurrents of tension to weathering storms together. When a schemer meets a lazy girl with a sharp mind, a contest begins: one falls first, then the other falls deeply, and neither sees it coming.
He says, "It's you for me, for the rest of my life."
She replies lazily, "I'm too lazy to find someone else anyway."
After reading seventeen chapters, I feel like I'm reading a male-oriented novel.