To begin serialization in three months. Currently preparing the manuscript.
[Play the pig to eat the tiger, pretending to be a sweet and obedient darling x pure-hearted, hopelessly devoted business rival]
Lin Zhenyi, heiress to the Xingxia Group, has lived by the rules for twenty-seven years. She's always been the model child parents compare their own kids to: top grades, sweet, and sensible.
If only nothing had gone wrong at her engagement party...
[Her ungrateful fiance abandons his childhood sweetheart, Lin Zhenyi, to comfort her pitiful-looking stepsister. He berates Lin Zhenyi for being domineering, regardless of the occasion, and humiliates her in front of everyone.
Furious, Lin Zhenyi gathers her skirt to descend the steps and give each of those two idiots a good kick. But her damn fiance hadn't checked the venue beforehand, and she steps on the carpet and tumbles disastrously down the stairs, losing her memory as well.]
Yan Ling, sitting by the bed and peeling an apple, calmly recounts this shocking story, then takes a bite of the badly gouged apple himself.
"Was it really that melodramatic? And I'm already in such a sorry state, so why are you eating my apple?!"
With her head wrapped in bandages, Lin Zhenyi can't stop the tears from welling up due to the lingering effects of her concussion.
A nurse coming in to check on her clicks her tongue. "What a greedy young man, fighting his partner for an apple. Look, you've made her cry."
Yan Ling chokes on a piece of apple and coughs violently. By the time he looks up, the nurse has already left.
"We're not partners. We're..." Rivals.
Yan Ling meets Lin Zhenyi's red-rimmed eyes and silently swallows the last few words.
"Friends."
But later, those two words would become the ones he hated most.
*
Ever since Lin Zhenyi lost her memory, her life has been full of twists and turns, and riddled with questions.
For starters, there's something strange about Yan Ling. He clearly cares about her, yet acts like a sharp-tongued stranger.
When he sees her dressed too lightly, Yan Ling scoffs, "Trying to freeze to death out there?"
Yet he puts his coat over her shoulders and then buys her plenty of clothes.
She falls into a deep sleep, then wakes up groggy to find Yan Ling holding her hand so she can receive an IV. He still can't resist a jab:
"Don't actually fry your brain."
She says she wants to revisit familiar places and recover her memories.
Yan Ling laughs. "Miss, I'm busy. Good luck with that."
Yet he's also the one who keeps the hordes of reporters chasing a scoop at bay, wraps her in his coat, and pulls her close, hiding her from them.
"He really is my best friend!" Lin Zhenyi thinks.
Meanwhile, sleepless all night, Yan Ling turns the words over and over in his mind, then posts online: "What does it mean when she calls me 'wife'?"
[Reading Guide]
1. The female lead's personality differs before and after losing her memory.
2. A business engagement with no feelings between them.
3. Both leads are each other's first and only, lighthearted and funny.
Theme: Thinking you're kindred spirits, only to find your souls are a perfect match
