★ A reunion after a long separation, with no misunderstandings
★ A warmhearted, stubborn, and endlessly introspective struggling author heroine × an intelligent, restrained, cool, and outspoken programmer hero
★ Please note: There is a very subtle secondary romance between two men. You might not even notice it without reading the extras. If that bothers you, please don't read!
Chuxia judges people by their looks and believes that good-looking things make food taste better.
On the first day of school, she trades being late for a handsome deskmate.
The moment she sees his face, she can barely suppress a smile.
"Hi, I'm Chuxia..."
"Lu Zhou."
He glances at her, then turns around and goes back to sleep?
Chuxia: Doesn't like talking to people and loves to sleep. The classic aloof, handsome guy archetype. I get it!
At first, Chuxia thinks Lu Zhou smells like gardenias.
But the more she gets to know him, the more she realizes he actually has a bitter melon kind of vibe.
From then on, she resolves to add a little sweetness to this bitter melon.
Later, everyone says Lu Zhou is the rose in Chuxia's palm, the one she unabashedly favors!
After graduation, the boy who was once a rose has just one thing to say: "I need money, not love!"
Chuxia's heart goes cold: Forget it. In life, studying hard and making money are what matter!
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Years later, at a classmate's wedding banquet, Lu Zhou tries to put what he's learned into practice, but still asks cautiously:
"What about you, Chuxia, future great author? Would you still want me?"
Chuxia freezes, then flees on the spot.
She doesn't like torturous romances, so it takes her just one day to cheer herself up.
Because she knows that at eighteen, the boy who was a rose was trapped in the mud and didn't dare touch the gardenia.
But now she's twenty-eight.
This year, the gardenia will kiss the rose and tell him, "Lu Zhou, I want you now and always. You're the only one I want!"
