[Modern alternate setting, younger man, older receiver, they don't get back together, trauma and healing, control and resistance, light daily life, bittersweet push and pull, happy ending, three-person relationship]
Everyone in Chengchuan City knows Bai Zhen is trouble. He's handsome, aloof, and sharp-tongued, with standards at work so exacting they're almost unreasonable, not to mention all the rumors about him.
The first time Yan Ji met him, Bai Zhen insulted him so badly he started questioning his whole life.
Bai Zhen: “This material of yours looks like it was just fished out of a plastic bag.”
Yan Ji: “Senior, do you really have to be so harsh?”
Bai Zhen: “Depends who I'm talking to.”
It was only later that Yan Ji learned the truth about Bai Zhen: sharp-tongued, cold-faced, impossible to deal with, sneaking little cakes despite his toothache. He acted like he didn't need anyone, but in reality, he couldn't even sleep well on rainy days.
Worse still, he carried the familiar scent of aged sandalwood.
Yan Ji began to test the waters. “Senior Bai, have we met before?”
Bai Zhen didn't even look up. “Try a different pickup line.”
He didn't believe in love, or that anyone would stay.
Yan Ji refused to leave.
An old flame returned, old scores resurfaced, and the rain over Chengchuan City kept falling harder.
Bai Zhen pushed him away again and again. Yan Ji kept coming back to the same spot.
Until, on a stormy night, Bai Zhen finally asked in his usual cold tone, “What is it you want?”
Yan Ji thought it over. “I want you to eat less sugar, and sleep better when it rains. I also want you to know that not everyone who gets close to you is here to hurt you.”
This is a story about a stubborn older man and a younger puppy, trading barbs on a project team, reuniting on a stormy night, and helping each other put the pieces back together amid the past.
When can Xie be offline? It's rare to hate a character so much in a novel. From the current point of view, he is definitely a bad guy →_→. I hope his end will be miserable! If you are willing to play, it is fun, if you are not willing to do it, it is intentional harm, okay! And he also cheated on marriage, old man. The protagonist is well portrayed and is my favorite type of CP. Professor Bai is super charming. I still like to eat desserts even though I have a toothache, which is quite a contrast. Yan Ji is definitely a big dog! (Personal opinions are for reference only.)