After catching her husband, Yang Dongyang, cheating, 29-year-old bank employee Lu Shanshan ended their six-year marriage. Because her selfish mother-in-law had forged her premarital health examination report, she'd lived under the lie that she couldn't have children. After the divorce, she swore off love for good and focused on earning money. Once she'd saved three million, she would retire, find a little house in the countryside, and live out her days alone! So she learned to keep up appearances: at home, she was a silly, sweet, carefree girl; outside, she was a cold, aloof, serious Black Lotus who kept her distance.
Then she met Ji Xiaochuan, a troublesome intern five years younger than her. Suspecting that Lu Shanshan had pulled strings to get promoted, he started picking fights with her at every turn after joining the company. They even made a bet: whoever won would become department head. What would happen when a rebellious intern crossed paths with the department's cold, aloof young manager? But one day, by chance, Ji Xiaochuan discovered just how different Lu Shanshan was at home and at work. He also unexpectedly got to play the hero and save the beauty. Before long, their daily bickering and mutual disdain turned into a slow-growing attraction. She ran, he chased, and she couldn't escape. Their endless push and pull made for a story full of sweet and sour moments, laughter, and tears.
The pace is quite fast