/ Chatty × aloof
After the college entrance exams, Chi Sui was sent to spend the summer in a small town.
A week after arriving, she signed up to be a guide at the aquarium.
The day the schedule came out, she saw her partner:
a ridiculously handsome guy who said as little as possible.
Curious, Chi Sui asked him, "If you don't like talking, why choose to be a guide?"
Jiang Suizhou looked down at her. "Good pay, little work."
Watching Jiang Suizhou chatting away in front of the children, Chi Sui realized that he meant he didn't like talking specifically to her.
But the more she was rebuffed, the more determined she became. She faced the challenge head-on.
"Zhou, what kind of sea creature is this?"
"Zhou, what are you having for lunch? Let's eat together."
"Zhou..."
Jiang Suizhou stroked the dolphin that kept coming over and said, "Chi Sui, has anyone ever told you that you're like a dolphin?"
Chi Sui finally got a response and excitedly moved closer to him. "No, you're the first. Is it because I'm so cute?"
Jiang Suizhou finally looked at her. "No. You really like interacting with people."
Somehow, the dolphin nickname spread among the aquarium staff.
Everyone passing by liked to call her "the aquarium's little dolphin."
Jiang Suizhou glanced at Chi Sui, laughing in the middle of the crowd, her eyes crinkled shut.
Then he went back to his usual state of saying as little as possible.
Chi Sui watched the boy, who had just opened up, retreating again. She was confused and a little annoyed.
"Jiang... Suizhou, pay attention to me." Standing by the pool, Chi Sui watched the dolphin splash around beside Jiang Suizhou and complained, "I knew it. You only like playing with dolphins!"
He looked up and met her eyes, very seriously. "The dolphin I like doesn't want to play with me anymore. What should I do?"
Chi Sui said, exasperated, "What can you do? Give it more food."
Jiang Suizhou nodded and stood in front of her. "Then have lunch with me today."
/ Flirty chatterbox in a passionate romance × aloof, cool-faced cutie who flirts back
# Who at the aquarium is the most stubborn?
# The gentle, aloof, ridiculously handsome guy has a crush on me?
🐠 Aquarium Guide 🐠
· In the same series as Poolside
· Small-town story. The male lead really is a man of few words.
· Blurb saved on July 31, 2026
Theme: Love needs a response
