The Indifferent Girl and the Crybaby Boy

[A secret crush comes true + an unconventional marriage-first, love-later romance~]

[Detached, money-loving, sharp-tongued but soft-hearted, chemistry genius, high-self-esteem heroine & straightforward and candid on the surface, scheming and obsessive, long-time secret admirer, very good at crying hero]

[Modern alternate setting; laws and regulations differ from reality]

[Romance-focused blurb]

Ke Li, a woman, graduated with a master's degree in chemistry from a top 985 university. She worked at a pharmaceutical company after graduation, but resigned for personal reasons six months later and went home to lie flat.

One day in March, her mother sent her on a blind date.

Mess up a blind date? She's a pro!

But as soon as her date left, the top student who had ranked first in their grade for years, and never once spoken to her in all three years of high school, sat down across from her and said:

"Hello, I'm Gan Sinian, your high school classmate."

Ke Li, keeping a straight face: Since he's introduced himself, I'll just pretend I don't remember him.

Gan Sinian continued.

"I couldn't help overhearing your conversation just now and realized you were on a blind date. I was wondering, would you consider me instead?"

Ke Li, confused and annoyed: ...Is this guy crazy? If I remember right, we never spoke in high school!

Ke Li rolled her eyes. "Are you crazy?"

Gan Sinian smiled happily at that. "I am. I'm crazy about wanting you."

Drawing on years of watching dramas and reading books, Ke Li raised an eyebrow and asked, "Why do I get the feeling you have a crush on me?"

Gan Sinian admitted it frankly.

That's right. I have a crush on you.

A Li, my A Li... I miss you so much. I love you so much. I want to... have you right now.

At last, he had imprisoned his rose.

[Plot-focused blurb]

One day, after working overtime, Ke Li was attacked by a drunk on her way back to her rented apartment late at night.

In a panic, she grabbed a pen and stabbed it hard into his neck.

Ke Li landed herself a cell.

Luckily, the drunk survived, and the police ruled it reasonable self-defense. After a weeklong tour of prison, she returned to her day-in, day-out grind.

At the end of the year, after collecting her bonus, she promptly quit and went back to her hometown.

One day, while resting at home, Ke Li received a phone call.

The caller was an older man she'd met during her week in prison: Old Gu.

Old Gu's full name was Gu Qingshi. He had founded FAFA, Tianhan City's leading real estate company. When the company restructured and entered the pharmaceutical industry, he was framed by a villain and sentenced to three years in prison.

"I want to buy the patent you own. Will you sell it?"

Ke Li, not believing in free lunches: "No!"

"I really do want to buy it. How about I treat you to a show?"

Ke Li, bored out of her mind in her hometown: "What kind of show?"

"I'm going to make a man surnamed Gan wish he were dead, yet unable to die!"

Ke Li, intrigued and excited to hear a familiar name: "Deal!"

A month later.

Ke Li, unexpectedly running into that man surnamed Gan on a blind date: "..."

What a coincidence.

Maybe... I'd get a better view if I moved closer?

Gan Sinian didn't know that the rose he'd dreamed of was not only thorny, but poisonous.

[No melodrama! No melodrama! Pure, sweet, satisfying romance!]

[Summary]

The love story of a cool, indifferent woman and an obsessive crybaby man. In the end, she lets go first, while he clings to her to the bitter end.

So sweet!

Moral: Rainy seasons and growing up