I Went on a Blind Date with the CEO Who Fired Me, and Now I'm Panicking

[Marriage first, love later / whirlwind marriage / gentle, slow-burn sweet romance / older man / both leads' first time / long-planned love]

Shen Qiaoxi announces in front of everyone, “Shi Huaiyu, you're fired!”

It isn't until the executives welcome the new CEO that Shen Qiaoxi realizes she's fired her own immediate superior.

As luck would have it, their grandfathers arranged a childhood betrothal for Shi Huaiyu and Shen Qiaoxi when they were little.

Shi Huaiyu uses that as an excuse to become Shen Qiaoxi's blind date.

“What?! My blind date is the CEO I fired?” Shen Qiaoxi panics.

Her family rushes her off to register their marriage on the very day of their blind date.

Shi Huaiyu's eyes redden as he looks at their marriage certificate. He had thought his unrequited love from his student days would simply come to nothing.

In his senior year of college, he heard that she, then a freshman, was already engaged. Heartbroken, he chose to go abroad to heal.

He never imagined that five years later she would devise a plan to break off her engagement to her current boyfriend.

And the day after she called off the engagement, he joined her company as its new executive and became her immediate superior.

As he looks at their marriage certificate, the past comes rushing back.

Shi Huaiyu wants to make their marriage public every chance he gets, but Shen Qiaoxi won't let him. She doesn't want people to think she got ahead through connections.

After their coworkers discover that she and Shi Huaiyu are married, Shen Qiaoxi admits it openly. At their wedding, Shi Huaiyu tells the story of his long-standing crush and reveals that he had been plotting to win her heart for a long time.

After Shen Qiaoxi is promoted to human resources director, she becomes even busier and barely has time to look after their daughter.