[Everyone says we’re made for each other. Only we thought it was just part of the script.]
Shen Qingyan is the youngest inheritor of Suzhou embroidery, able to split a single strand of silk into sixteen threads with her fingertips.
Lu Yanbai is a widely recognized genius in the architecture department, able to reproduce every mortise and tenon in thousand-year-old buildings with his pen.
From kindergarten through college, their lives followed perfectly overlapping paths, all thanks to an arranged marriage promised by their grandparents.
They were the golden couple everyone admired, a flawless team who worked together seamlessly.
But only they knew the truth:
He stayed up late writing code to identify embroidery patterns for her. “Thanks. Sorry to trouble you.”
She embroidered him twelve tie clips for his birthday. “You worked hard. You really didn’t have to.”
Then a family crisis put their engagement on the brink of collapse.
With red-rimmed eyes, she asked, “If we didn’t have this arrangement, would you still choose me?”
After a long silence, he asked in return, “Do you really think I’ve stayed in this relationship only because of the arrangement?”
[Reader’s Guide]
1. Two top students / childhood friends / mutual pining / arranged marriage
2. No contrived misunderstandings, just the tender push and pull of “I thought you were only doing your duty”
3. Suzhou embroidery, an intangible cultural heritage, meets the restoration of ancient architecture: a dazzling collision of tradition and youth
4. From “partners bound by duty” to “kindred spirits,” a slow-burn romance overflowing with sweetness
