Lychee Lemon Yellow

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After passing the civil service exam, Chen Jianing successfully landed a job at the local Bureau of Culture and Tourism. The marriage-pressure campaign pursued her like an evil spirit. After being hounded about marriage time and again, she had a nightmare that night

She dreamed about the person who used to bully her in high school. Even in her dream, he wouldn't leave her alone.

She had an indescribable spring... dream.

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After they reunited, they met on a blind date. Unhappy at being pressured to marry, she impulsively asked him to marry her.

"Shen Huaizhi, will you marry me?"

But as soon as the words left her mouth, she began to regret them.

After a long silence, the man across from her took off his pinky ring and slowly slid it across the table toward her.

"Yes. I want to marry you."

"Think carefully. If you marry me, you can't take it back."

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After they married, he carefully plotted to win her over, one step at a time.

He found an excuse to move into the master bedroom, but their relationship went no further than chatting innocently under the covers.

Then, for reasons he couldn't understand, he was kicked out of the master bedroom. When he secretly saw her giggling at her phone, alarm bells rang in his head.

One day, while she was taking a shower, she forgot to turn off her phone screen. He discovered her secret.

That very night, he had the developer of the app modify its programming.

After taking the place of her virtual boyfriend, he started receiving strange questions from her during work hours.

After one question went too far, the system automatically blocked her.

He got to see a side of her he'd never seen before, for example:

[Hubby, I'm sorry (rolling around and throwing a tantrum)]

[Hubby, I'm really sorry. I won't send weird stuff anymore.]

[Shen Huaizhi!!!!! Don't you love me anymore?]

[You can't forget your roots.]

After repeated attempts to get unblocked failed, she angrily went into a cold war with her virtual boyfriend.

Shen Huaizhi seized the opportunity. He resolved to learn from the other guy, word for word, and tailor a plan to win her over.

He even posted online asking for help: [What do I do when my wife is secretly having a great time without me?]

After getting advice straight from his wife, he quickly put it into practice and successfully got a taste of sweet, sweet lemons.

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When news of their marriage spread through the office, the game they'd created together had already entered its promotional stage.

Asked why she'd married, she answered honestly, "I got fed up with everyone pestering me, so I got married."

Unfortunately, Shen Huaizhi had just come out of the director's office and heard every word.

That night, he pinned her in his arms so she couldn't move. Only after she was overwhelmed by the feeling of suffocation did the man before her let her go. His voice hoarse, he said:

"You like lychees, so you must know they're also called 'lizhi.' I'm Huaizhi too. Could you spare a little of your affection for me?"

Reader's guide:

SC/one-on-one romance/game and chat app are fictional, so please don't scrutinize them

The female lead falls in love after marriage; the male lead has been plotting for a long time

Theme: Love is a matter of the right time, place, and people