Loving You Was the Last Thing I Expected

[The rationality of a strong older woman is finally overcome by a puppy-like younger man’s passion!]

Li Nanxi’s motto in life: stay in control and avoid surprises. Love? She believes in it, but never thought it would strike someone as clearheaded as her.

That is, until she met Lin Jiayi, a 21-year-old who smiled like the sun but whose first impression on her could be summed up in one word: “idiot.”

“Wise people don’t fall in love?” Lin Jiayi’s ears burned, but he stood up straight and proclaimed loudly, “That was something immature I said before I turned 21! Now, ” He immediately ate his words, eyes blazing. “Big sis! Look at me! I was born to be a hopeless romantic. I’ll give you all my brainpower! We’re a perfect match, a match made in heaven. Pick me! Pick me!”

Li Nanxi: ... (rubbing her forehead) He really is an “idiot,” an impossible-to-ignore one.

He was like an impulsive, passionate puppy, barging into the carefully planned world she had built without the slightest bit of finesse. She pushed him away; he clung to her. She stayed cool; he begged for affection. She built a wall; he showed up with a battering ram.

“Does big sis not like ugly guys? There are so many handsome ones.” The puppy’s eyes sparkled, his tail wagging like a helicopter rotor. “Of course it’s because I’m ‘special’! Specially good at loving you!”

The fortress of Li Nanxi’s rationality began to crumble. How could this “idiot” of a boy be the one to make her feel a wildly racing heartbeat unlike anything she had ever known?

Later, a new item appeared in the cool older woman’s planner: “I thought I’d picked up an idiot dog, but it turned out to be a loyal dog so sweetly foolish it melts my heart. Fine, he’s mine now.”