Miss Guangxi and Mr. Sichuan Don't Do Romance

On a rainy evening, one shared black umbrella stirred up a storm of office gossip.

Secretary Xu Zi had been on the job for just three weeks when she walked under the same umbrella as Guo Youliang. Her coworkers joked and speculated, convinced she was taking advantage of being close by and was about to rise to the top. From across the curtain of rain, Yue Lingdan and Mi Ting watched. The casual office chatter floated by, masking the subtle scrutiny and speculation of adults in the workplace.

There is no passionate love at first sight here. Chapter One isn't about romance. Amid the storms and rumors of the office towers, all those stories of an affair are merely the beginning.

A black umbrella opened beneath the downpour, and a few casual remarks set the whole room buzzing with rumors. To onlookers, it looked like the start of a love affair, but as the story begins, Chapter One isn't about romance. Beneath the office towers' clamor and gossip lie the restraint, tentative probing, and tangled motives of the adult world.