Sweet, obedient Su Nuo has been in love with Lu Jingci for three whole years.
She gives it everything she has to reach that distant light and gets into top-ranked A University, just as she hoped. All she wants is to quietly stay by his side, never daring to hope she could get any closer.
But not long after starting school, an accident in the corridor sends her crashing into Lu Jingci, the aloof, chaste campus heartthrob, and their lips meet before either of them can react.
In a flash, the Heartbeat Life Extension System suddenly binds itself to her.
The System gives her a cold warning: The Host’s soul is weak, and the countdown to death has begun. She must accumulate Heartbeat Points through intimate contact with Lu Jingci. Once she reaches 100 points, she can break the bond and return to a normal lifespan.
To stay alive, the timid, reserved Su Nuo, who can barely bring herself to meet his eyes, is forced to launch an all-out campaign of getting close to the campus heartthrob.
She strikes up conversations, arranges “chance” encounters, holds his hand, gets close, and looks up at him with a shy, pleading smile.
Those were all things she’d planned to do anyway...
But she’s so reserved, and she never expected him to keep making it so easy!
One day, watching Su Nuo blush and shyly look away from him, Lu Jingci finally asks, “When exactly are you planning to complete the task the System gave you?”
Su Nuo: !!!
What does he mean? How does he know?!
Only once they’re truly together does Su Nuo realize that Lu Jingci, who is rumored to be distant, indifferent, and unsociable, is nothing like the aloof campus heartthrob everyone imagines!
In private, he’s sly and clingy. He gets jealous in secret, initiates cuddles, and holds her hand so tightly he won’t let go. He’s nothing but a gentle little puppy who sticks to her.
