Chen Lin, known as Xiao Chen, is an ordinary wage-earning office worker. Her life is a simple routine: little socializing, lots of sleep. Her days are dull and ordinary, and her only hobby is playing games during her free time to pass the hours.
Her coworkers all wonder what kind of extraordinary person could win over this homebody.
Chen Lin once remarked, "What's so great about dating? Work is way better."
Just as everyone thought this homebody was really going to spend the rest of her life with games and cats, they suddenly noticed a dainty ring on Xiao Chen's hand.
At just that moment, the latest notification popped up on her computer screen: C Brand Couple Rings.
Her coworkers looked at the jewelry. Huh, it seemed oddly familiar.
What's harder to resist than running into the girl you had a crush on for three years as a teenager?
Chen Lin immediately had the answer: running into the girl you had a crush on for three years as a teenager, standing drenched outside your door. Those once-bright, starry eyes now hid a fragile look, and her beautiful red lips had turned pale from the cold. "I... really have nowhere else to go..."
Chen Lin asked herself honestly: she really couldn't turn her crush down.
But sometimes, a crush is better left in the past.
On the third day after Su Tinglan moved into Chen Lin's home, she showed her true colors. She complained that Chen Lin's rice tasted bad, that the blankets were uncomfortable, and that the room was poorly ventilated.
While complaining, she used Chen Lin's card to buy a mountain of new things, then considerately said, "I don't have any money, but that's okay. You can look at my face every day, and that'll be enough to cover the bill."
Chen Lin closed her eyes, unable to believe this was the person she had once had a crush on for three years.
But seeing that pretty, pampered face, she silently added another zero to the amount on her shared payment account. "Baby, isn't this stuff a little too cheap? It's fine, don't you worry about saving my money, ovo."
In the dead of night, Chen Lin lay in Su Tinglan's arms, listening to the heartbeat that made her feel safe. She mustered her courage. "Tinglan... what would you say our relationship..."
Su Tinglan simply covered Chen Lin's mouth. "Isn't it better not to ask anything?"
After a three-day business trip, Chen Lin happily came home with local specialties she had bought for Su Tinglan and opened the door.
But all she found was a hastily scribbled note: "I went back. Bye."
She stared at the sticky note, her heart sinking to the bottom. She still hadn't managed to hold on to the dream of her youth.
Everything went back to the way it had been: lifeless and still.
She had shut away everything that happened before in the guest room.
Her best friend noticed that Chen Lin had suddenly lost all her energy. Her formerly lively self had vanished. Concerned, she asked, "Hey, didn't you say you'd met someone pretty great..."
Before she could finish, Chen Lin interrupted her. "No, I got it wrong. At the time, I just thought she was a nice friend. But after spending time together, we weren't a good fit, and we couldn't even stay friends."
Someone knocked on the glass behind her. Su Tinglan looked at the other woman with an amused smile. "Chen Lin, you really are heartless. Just a few days ago you were calling me baby, and today I'm not even your friend?"
Theme: Work hard, love your work, and give it your all!
