His Sweet Little Darling

On a stormy night, a pipe burst in the shabby old apartment I was renting, turning it into a waterfall cave.

> While I was trying to save my art portfolio, my landlord called. “Xiao Su, the repair crew can’t come for three days. You’ll have to make do until then.”

> My best friend Xia Qing shrieked over video chat. “Pack your bags! You can stay at my cousin’s luxury apartment downtown!”

> Dragging my waterlogged suitcase along, I rang the doorbell. The man who answered was wearing a loosely tied bathrobe.

> He looked down at my dripping bangs. “Su Niantang?”

> “Dr. Gu, I promise I’ll be absolutely quiet!”

> As he handed me a pair of slippers, my phone suddenly played Xia Qing’s voice out loud: “Get this ice prince! There’s a ridiculously sexy abs photo in his study, ”