Help Me Stir-Fry Some Noodles

"I'll take care of you, big sis. Just fry me some... rice noodles."

[Former Tencent Executive Turned Rice Noodle Vendor × Fake-Hooligan, Spiky Little City Management Officer]

Switch | Five-year age gap | Realistic | Sweet romance

Si Tingxuan is the toughest city management officer in Shenzhen's Guangming District, complete with eyebrow piercing and tattoos. They're all fake, and she uses them to deal with anyone who dares defy her.

Only she knows how much of a paper tiger she really is. She graduated with a master's degree from a top university but didn't want to go to work, so she became a city management officer, collecting rent for her family and lying flat.

Then, in the noisy night market, she met a woman quietly frying noodles, flipping her wok, as still as snow.

"You can't set up a stall here!" Her clipboard struck the rim of the wok, and the fried noodles inside jumped.

Zhongli Tang looked up calmly. "After eight at night, they're allowed to set up on this street."

Only later did Si Tingxuan learn that they had once passed each other in Tencent's Binhai Tower: one a high-paid executive earning a million a year, the other a newly minted intern.

Now, those hands that once typed code could not only deftly toss a wok, but also stir Si Tingxuan's nights into something damp and lingering, again and again.

"Sister Zhongli, if you want to keep setting up your stall there, you have to let me eat your... fried noodles."

Zhongli Tang brushed the damp hair from her forehead and replied calmly, "Little city officer, did you know your department's System has a loophole? I can see the route of your patrol car every day."

Theme: Love each other well