Then I Guess I Can Only Love Him

At first, Ai Xin only wanted life to get a little better.

After all, with a sharp-tongued, selfish, venomous, foul-mouthed, cold-faced boss from hell, she spent every day feeling as if the world were dark and she were already dead.

So when choosing between an immortal cultivator and a demonic cultivator, Ai Xin chose the heretical path: fall in love with him!

Chen Lin had driven plenty of people crazy, but this was the first time he'd turned someone into a stalker.

Her confessions came nonstop, her "wandering hands" were impossible to fend off, and he couldn't escape her cloying gaze. She took his insults as praise, and even when he hit her, she had to lick him. Now he had a little shadow following him home, too.

With panda eyes from lack of sleep, Chen Lin ran into his stalker downstairs from the office. Their gazes met, and Chen Lin, the man everyone else always avoided, turned and ran for the first time in his life.

After lying for so long, Ai Xin had managed to fool herself, too.

She'd pine for him, go crazy for him, and keep smashing into walls for him.

From then on, the sky was blue, the air was fresh, sleep was peaceful, work was something to look forward to, and overtime was fun. And her boss? Her boss was as good as dead. What did that have to do with her?

How was that not turning the tables?

Content warning: A lighthearted, funny short story. Don't compare it to real life, and don't overthink it or expect it to make sense.

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