[Flirty Chef Who Loves Cooking for Her Beloved x Easygoing, Cheerful Shopkeeper in Product Development]
[Separation Anxiety x Avoidant Attachment]
In scientific research, there's a phenomenon called the Proust effect. It's said that smelling a familiar scent can trigger memories associated with it.
Mu Xiang had worked in prepared-food development for years and never paid much attention to it, until someone came looking to partner with her over a bowl of lamb soup.
And that was just as her attempt at lamb soup had failed, with her on the verge of being laid off by her company...
In the depths of winter in Hangzhou, Mu Xiang waited outside the Aman Hotel, risking a bout of hypoglycemia.
But the person who arrived was someone she'd once had a crush on?
Back then, she'd taken him at his word and come to Hangzhou, only to end up there alone. Feng Yu yearned for the sun, so it was only natural that he'd want to fly far away.
Her mistake was thinking that he had left because... he liked her...
When they met again, Lin Teng didn't recognize her... Naturally, he didn't remember asking her to come to Hangzhou with him back then, either.
In the few seconds she hesitated before leaving, Lin Teng struck up a conversation with everyone who stopped in front of him.
