[An unconventional, artsy heroine x a perfection-seeking, research-minded hero]
Ai Yike: "Don't you like blind dates?"
Tan Yu: "A blind date is like opening a mystery box. You can't control the odds of finding someone you like, so it's all a gamble. It feels like a bit of a waste of time."
"It's a good thing we already knew each other," Tan Yu added. "From the moment I agreed to the blind date, I was holding on to a gambler's faint hope."
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At 26, Ai Yike had only one romantic experience: a crush that came to nothing.
Perhaps it could not even be called a crush, since it lasted only a month.
At 18, in an age when she was rushing toward the next stage of life, she could only set those hazy feelings aside.
Meeting someone special at the wrong time was bound to end badly.
She left behind a scratch-off lottery ticket and entrusted everything to fate.
"If we're meant to meet, we will."
So when they met again, Ai Yike was certain that
her scratch-off ticket had won!
*
"Sorry, try again."
It felt like mockery...
Tan Yu had kept an old scratch-off ticket for a long time.
He hated it, but it was the only known condition in a certain proof problem.
A materialist, he repeatedly tried to bargain with heaven over that ticket. It was so foolish that he had never told anyone.
And the response came very late...
On the night they met again, he received a message with no context at all.
Ai Yike: Blind date?
Even Tan Yu, who considered himself fairly even-tempered, stared wide-eyed when he saw the message.
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Reader's guide:
One-on-one romance, both leads' first time
[Love at first sight + Reunion after a long separation + Mutual secret crush (unconventional)]
The first few chapters focus mostly on the heroine's personal growth, including family, romance, and friendship. If that isn't for you, please don't read.
Theme: Love yourself before loving someone else
