Don’t Call Me Judge Gu. Call Me Uncle

[Government job + age gap + guiding partner] Qin Hengyu comes from a family of lawyers and was cherished by her parents from childhood. Yet after graduating from university, she worked in the legal profession for only a year before choosing to sit the civil service exam and join the court, where she took a front-desk post that almost everyone else shunned. No one knows about her family background. Her parents don’t understand why their once cheerful, bright daughter has gradually grown quiet and withdrawn, shunning socializing and refusing to let anyone get close to her emotionally. Until Gu Yanheng appears. He is like a gentle yet impossible-to-ignore light, shining into Qin Hengyu’s weariness with human relationships. Through his presence, he shows her that there can be someone in this world who loves you not because of where you come from, what you have, or any calculation or weighing of the options, but simply because you are you. Qin Hengyu blinks, looks at Gu Yanheng for a long moment, then manages to blurt out, “Hello, Uncle!”