Su Xiaoyu, a lowly kitchen hand in the Imperial Kitchen, has just one goal in life: eat, sleep, and save enough money to leave the palace.
But the cold-as-ice Commander Qin from the Imperial Guards barracks next door is always turning up wherever she goes.
When she's caught sneaking a midnight snack and punished, he slips a piping-hot flatbread through a crack in the wall.
When a eunuch supervisor gives her a hard time, he happens to pass by on patrol with a whole squad of Imperial Guards.
When she's caught up in a palace conspiracy and nearly loses her head, he risks his life to shield her from a fatal blow.
Su Xiaoyu is baffled: Weren't they just neighbors?
Only later does she learn that from the moment he heard her first complaint about the terrible food, this lazy little fish had already been tucked safely beneath the wings of the cold-faced but warm-hearted commander of the Imperial Guards.
#I thought I was fighting to survive, but I was already in your heart#
#He never says it, but he does everything for you#
Cold-faced, warm-hearted, and secretly tender Commander of the Imperial Guards X clear-eyed, clever little chef who plays the pig to eat the tiger
One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first and only love, and a steady stream of sweetness and protection!
