[1V1, mutual healing, intense push and pull, a somewhat slow burn, with career and romance progressing side by side]
[Disillusioned genius painter vs. obsessive graduate student in pharmaceutical sciences]
Jiang Yizhu, trying to climb out of the lowest point in her life and take up painting again, happens to meet a gray-eyed student who sparks her desire to create.
“Would you be interested in letting me observe you for a while? I can pay you.”
The person before her merely propped up her head and watched her.
“Big sister, I don’t want money.”
“Then what do you want?”
“I want you to promise me…”
An impromptu teaching trip to Luxian County eight years ago showed Chen Sui that there was still warmth in the world.
A crisis in his adoptive family caused Chen Sui’s outlook on things to grow increasingly obsessive.
“If you don’t mind, you can treat me as someone you can confide in.”
Seeing Chen Sui stubbornly trying to hide his vulnerable side, Jiang Yizhu, who had come to teach there, couldn’t help feeling sorry for him and offered words of comfort.
The starlight in Jiang Yizhu’s eyes drew Chen Sui in at once.
At first, he thought it was simply admiration for a beacon of light. Later, when Chen Sui saw her again, he understood his feelings and began a six-year-long secret crush. It didn’t matter that she wasn’t part of his life.
When Jiang Yizhu finally appeared before him again, Chen Sui could no longer hold back. Little by little, he began acting sweet and obedient in the way he remembered she liked, each step a plea for big sister to notice him.
Deep down, both of them are pretty twisted. They know the other is using them, yet they rather enjoy it.
The pace of the first few chapters was indeed a bit slow, but starting from the contract in Chapter 9, it completely blew me away. The ambiguous period was written so well. The female protagonist is not the kind to get out of her predicament through love. The appearance of the male protagonist is more of a companionship. I feel like the author loves to use imagery, but every one of them fits perfectly, especially the word "dormant season". Speaking of updating by chance, can you please ask for daily updates? I really like it.