The Flying Ground Chicken

[Period setting / Both chaste / Mutual devotion / Rough-edged hero / Academic achiever / Realism]

Meng Wenwei has always believed she won’t be spineless like a reed, bending with the wind.

In a world where the expectation is to “find a good man and marry him,” she insists on taking charge of her own fate and finding someone who loves her and whom she loves in return.

He must be strong and exceptional enough to lead her toward a better life.

Yet she falls for a greasy, grimy mechanic with no father, no mother, and no one who cares for him.

He’s a rough-around-the-edges man with an unexpectedly refined name.

He’s barely had any schooling, yet he always acts like a walking encyclopedia.

“Deny it a thousand times in your heart, and it still can’t compare to one involuntary glance.”

Eventually, she accepts this “unworthy” fate.

But fate has no intention of letting her off so easily...