[A sunny, straightforward girl × a cunning billionaire pretending to be poor | doting, fatherly devotion | living together and a secret identity exposed | sweet romance, no angst]
In her third year of college, Su Yang falls for Lu Shiyan at first sight. He's the most unattainable top student on campus.
Cool, quiet, and unassuming, he looks to everyone else like a poor scholar living off scholarships.
But Su Yang has some nerve. She confesses without hesitation: “Lu Shiyan, date me. I'll support you from now on.”
The whole school waits to see her get rejected.
No one knows that in a dim stairwell, the usually ascetic top student pins her against the wall, his eyes red-rimmed and his voice trembling. “You said you'd support me. Don't even think about taking it back for the rest of your life.”
After graduation, Su Yang tries desperately to get a job at one of the capital's top financial conglomerates so she can “support the family.”
At the new-hire meet-and-greet with the executives, she freezes on the spot.
The cold-blooded CEO in the seat of honor, the one who leaves all the executives too intimidated to speak, is none other than her poor boyfriend, Lu Shiyan, who heats milk for her every morning.
Tucked under his cuff is the ten-yuan hair tie she bought from a street stall.
That night, Su Yang opens the door to their apartment and sees him in an apron, carrying sweet-and-sour ribs. Her voice trembles as she asks:
“Last month, you said you couldn't afford rent, so I ate bread for half a month to send you eight thousand yuan! Lu Shiyan, are you bankrupt or not?”
He unties his apron and pins her against the kitchen counter, tender possessiveness swirling in his eyes.
“I'm not bankrupt. I haven't touched a single yuan of that eight thousand. I put it in a separate account. It's proof that you supported me. Once you gave it to me, you can't take it back.”
He steps back half a pace, his gaze burning into hers.
“Now that Mrs. Lu has recognized me, when are you going to make my status official?”
