[Both leads have only been with each other] Younger man + flirty “puppy-like” sweetheart
[Powerful career woman]+ [Younger man]
[Contemporary romance]+ [Career partnership]
[Mutual devotion]+ [Sweet and angsty]+ [Happy ending]
Nan Xi floods the banks of Bei Chuan: the passion of a twenty-year-old sweeps toward a thirty-year-old woman! After a doctor tells Nan Xi that she is showing signs of early menopause, the workaholic begins to think about falling in love. At the Clear Dream Tavern, she meets Gu Beichuan, who is ten years younger. Fueled by alcohol, they end up in bed together! That reckless night changes the course of Nan Xi’s predictable life!
What is it like to date a younger man? Nan Xi doesn’t dare to imagine it. She’s afraid it won’t work out…
If I were twenty and burning with passion, I’d come running to you without hesitation!
Gu Beichuan draws closer, little by little…
How will you know if it can work unless you give it a try?
You were never a choice I made after weighing the pros and cons…
Nan Xi's character is so lovable: a 30-year-old design director who is vigorous and resolute in the workplace, able to withstand the pressure of bidding and quarrel with difficult colleagues, but he has hidden weaknesses in life - the anxiety of early warning, the cowardice of relationships, and the tenderness towards the children in the orphanage. She is not a "perfect heroine". She will panic when she is misdiagnosed as pregnant in the hospital. She will be disturbed by her ex-boyfriend Shanglu's inseparability. She will even say "come with me" to a strange boy after being drunk. This "powerful and fragile" contrast makes the character stand up instantly. The appearance of Gu Beichuan was like a beam of light that broke into Nanxi's ordinary life. The grievance of crying in the pub when they first met, the attentiveness in handing back the car keys, the straightforward but sly "Sister, are you sure you're in the car" in the car, and the clumsy but sincere tenderness in the middle of the night, perfectly captured the seductiveness and purity of the "teenage dog". The most poignant thing was the disappointment in his eyes when he clutched the money left by Nan Xi after the night, and the shock when he discovered the red mark - what he wanted was never a romantic relationship, but the chance to see her again "as Gu Beichuan", and this seriousness instantly heated up the relationship.
The author loves this kind of sister-brother relationship. Is it Shuangjie? @Yaoguangduxingchen