After My Part-Time Job at a Maid Café Caught the School Hunk’s Eye

Lin Xingyou was beautiful, but came from a poor family. Apart from going to school, he spent his days looking for all kinds of odd jobs: substitute teaching, picking up packages, working the register at a convenience store. He did anything he could. But it was barely enough to make ends meet. Those scattered bits of income did nothing to solve his predicament. In desperation, Lin Xingyou set his sights on the newly opened maid cafe in the mall, where the hourly wages were shockingly high. - Gu Yan was the heartthrob of S University’s sports department, the school’s undisputed most handsome student. Tall, long-legged, rich, good-looking, and in great shape, he was a darling of fate and the center of everyone’s attention. And somehow, even he showed up at the maid cafe. Dressed in a classic black-and-white uniform, Lin Xingyou greeted him with a sweet smile and a finger heart. “Welcome, Master! Your personal maid, Xiao You, is at your service~ Today’s special, the sakura latte, goes perfectly with your smile, Master!” Wink~ Frozen. Lin Xingyou finished his welcome routine, saw who had come in, and froze. Gu Yan froze too. …So cute. The little maid. - Lin Xingyou hated Gu Yan. There wasn’t any particular reason. He simply disliked cold, aloof campus heartthrobs who acted like kings. He’d thought Gu Yan showing up at the cafe was a one-off, but the man kept coming back almost every day. Lin Xingyou was fed up. He acted cheerful on the surface, but was actually very dismissive of him And still, nothing could stop Gu Yan from checking in every week. The baby was so cute. His fake enthusiasm was cute. His cold-faced cuteness was cute. Even the way he knocked things around to hint that Gu Yan should get lost was adorable. With nowhere to put all his affection for Lin Xingyou, Gu Yan drew a heart on a plate with ketchup while watching him work. Lin Xingyou walked by. “…” Work was annoying enough as it was. Both are devoted to each other, and each has only ever loved the other. Please don’t read this as reflecting real life. It’s a fluffy little story with little concern for logic: a tsundere drama queen x a doting, cool guy. One likes to dish it out, and the other likes to take it. The top often imagines the bottom as a princess or rich young lady. He likes to picture him that way in his head, so if that’s not your thing, please take note. - Please add my upcoming novel, The Young Wife, to your reading list! Here’s the blurb~ After thirty years of being single, Qin Jingzhou finally got himself a young, beautiful wife, thanks to an arranged marriage. The young master of the Jin family had just turned nineteen and was still in college. Qin Jingzhou had initially refused. He was too young. They’d have a generation gap, and he wasn’t settled. Put nicely, he’d be a young wife. Put bluntly, they were finding him a son. He didn’t want to be a kid’s dad. Especially when he saw his wife’s youthful features and the faint baby fat on his cheeks, Qin Jingzhou frowned deeply. But business interests were involved. In the end, he still registered his marriage to Jin Zhao. - Jin Zhao had been quite happy to get married. He thought a workaholic like Qin Jingzhou would suit him perfectly. He seemed cold and aloof, almost ascetic, like the sort of man who’d never come home. He was rich, too, so Jin Zhao could go out and have fun whenever he wanted. Jin Zhao was quite fond of him, but married life turned out to be completely different from what he’d imagined. Qin Jingzhou practically wanted to have both eyes fixed on him. Not only did he come home on time every day, he expected Jin Zhao to do the same. He’d call before nine to say he was coming to pick him up, and that was nothing compared to how he’d cling to him every night until… very, very late. Jin Zhao was exhausted enough to cry. His eyelids were barely staying open, and still he had to listen to Qin Jingzhou say in his ear, “Baby, you had a great time talking to the cafe owner today. You talked two minutes longer than usual.” “That college athlete who bumped into you, why did you add him on WeChat?” “I can help you with your homework too. Delete your senior’s contact, sweetheart.” “You seem to get along with the new driver, too. Starting tomorrow, I’ll drive you myself.” “Baby, you’re still young.” Qin Jingzhou kissed his cheek and said bitterly, “You don’t understand how indecent men out there can be. They’re trying to seduce you, a married man.” “Those bastards can’t find wives of their own, so they spend all day eyeing other men’s wives.” Jin Zhao: “…” Theme: Keep striving to live.