Pay Me by the Day to Go on a Blind Date

Updated every other day. I won't abandon or drop this story. I'll post a notice if I need to take time off.

Reunion after a long separation | Intense push and pull | Two secret identities | Seven-year age gap

Struggling college student x gentle older man

1.

Yu Qing went on a blind date on behalf of a rich heiress. The other party was paying 50,000 a day.

Everything went smoothly at first, until she recognized him... the man who had once paid for her education. The 50,000 she was about to earn suddenly felt like a hot potato. Even worse, her benefactor now had a disability in his legs and needed a cane to walk.

Suppressing the urge to reveal who she was, she said, "We're not right for each other. Let's not meet again."

Then she turned away and secretly tucked her own good-luck charm into the belly of a plush keychain and sent it to him.

On a snowy day, the two people being set up went on another date and got stranded in a cable car.

Lu Chen covered her eyes with his hand. "The rescue team will probably use a descender to lower us down. Stay close to me, and don't look down. Got it?"

Feeling the warmth of his palm, Yu Qing said, "Got it."

Lu Chen smiled. "Good girl."

2.

Falling for him was only natural.

When he found out who she was, he showed up downstairs at midnight on New Year's Eve, just to give her the rabbit balloon she'd missed out on earlier that day.

Yu Qing's eyes lit up with laughter. "That's so childish. I'm a mature adult now. Why would I still need that?"

Lu Chen gazed at her. "Growing up is a necessary part of life, but you're still young, so there's no rush. You should have balloons, happiness, and fun, too."

Yu Qing worked up her courage. "People are supposed to date in college... Lu Yu, would you like to date me?"

Lu Chen said, "Yu Qing, you should date someone your own age."

Not long after, the rich heiress told her with a constipated look, "Yu Qing, you've been played."

He wasn't the blind date, Lu Yu, at all.

His name was Lu Chen, Lu Yu's older brother.

3.

They met again a year later.

Yu Qing took on a new job: pretending to be someone's girlfriend for three months.

Yu Qing accompanied her boyfriend to the eightieth birthday party of the head of the Lu family. With her arm linked through his, she greeted the guests one by one.

Boyfriend: "Qingqing, this is my brother, closer than a real brother!"

Yu Qing: "Hello, big brother."

Lu Chen blocked Yu Qing in the lounge, his tone perfectly calm. "Break up with him. He's not right for you."

Yu Qing rose onto her toes and leaned closer, studying the face that haunted her dreams. "Big brother, then who's right for me? Lu Yu?"

Lu Chen lowered his eyes and wiped the cream from her nose, where it had rubbed off while she ate dessert. "He bullied you. He's even less suitable."

Yu Qing stepped back and sat down in a chair, her gaze teasing. "Then do you have any other younger brothers to introduce me to? Someone my age, okay? I only date people my own age."

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[Reader's Guide]

1. One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's only partners. Each has a secret identity, and the female lead's is revealed first.

2. The male lead's younger brother is lame, but the male lead is not. He used a cane in Chapter One because he had recently injured his leg, but he recovered quickly.

Theme: Love should be open and honest