ChocoStar

A tough-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside band frontman and a warm-on-the-outside, cool-on-the-inside female mechanic

How can they turn a little auto repair shop into a happy home?

Two soulmates who complement each other make their sweetness even sweeter!

Ever since she was little, her family called her a “jinx.” Her older brother died the day she was born, her father beat her, and her mother watched coldly. Later, she deliberately crashed a car. She wasn't trying to die; she wanted to kill the “person she used to be” against a wall. That race got her blacklisted from the industry, but it also let her escape her family for good.

She fled overseas and opened her own auto shop. She doesn't believe anyone could truly love her.

Ray is 36 and the lead singer of a band. He's been hurt, too: his ex left him for someone else, saying he “lacked ambition.” But he didn't turn into a jerk; he just became a little less talkative.

A heroine with trauma who works hard to heal

A gentle, restrained hero who doesn't waste words

Details about racing, bands, and auto repair shops

Family-of-origin issues, sibling bonds, and friendship

And the restrained intimacy between adults.

The heroine isn't the type to wait around to be “saved by the hero.” She earns her own money and handles her own problems. This isn't mindless sweetness, but two adults cautiously testing the waters, drawing closer, and staying by each other's side.

There's heartbreak, but also healing.

She pushes him away, and he comes back. She pushes him away again, and he's still there.

He says, “You chose me, and I chose you. That's enough to make it worth it.”

A Xing asks, “What do you even want from me?”

Ray thinks for a moment and says, “I want all your little toy cars.”