Infatuated with Me

At 17, Jiang Lai fell for the man who lived next door.

He wore a suit every day, always neat and impeccable, and he was a great cook, too.

When she graduated from high school, Jiang Lai brought a jar of lucky stars she'd folded herself and blocked Chen Tingbai's doorway. Her eyes were as clear as glass. "Chen Tingbai, be my boyfriend!"

Chen Tingbai held his briefcase and tightened his tie. He glanced at her calmly, with the faintest hint of a smile. "Kid."

He stepped around her and walked away.

When she graduated from college, Jiang Lai wore a low-cut wedding dress and held a bouquet of roses, cornering Chen Tingbai in his company's underground parking garage. Her lips were as vivid as the roses. "Chen Tingbai, you don't even have to take off your suit. Come marry me."

Chen Tingbai sighed softly, took off his suit jacket, and draped it over her shoulders. As he brushed past her, he said, "Kid."

Their friends all thought Chen Tingbai was too cruel to Jiang Lai. He replied calmly, "If you don't like someone, don't waste their time."

- Only cares about work

- Truly heartless

- Destined to be alone

Jiang Lai finally understood that Chen Tingbai was a cold, clueless straight man.

She gave up.

She picked up her camera and worked diligently on her career with her mentor.

At a shoot one day, the model didn't show up, so Jiang Lai filled in. To her surprise, her steamy photoshoot with a young heartthrob went viral, and she became a newly popular goddess among homebodies.

In the photos, Jiang Lai tugged on the young heartthrob's tie, looking bewitching. Her friend pointed at her and said to Chen Tingbai, "Little Jiang is pretty good, huh?"

His gaze fell on the eight-pack abs of the young heartthrob beside her. He gave a cold laugh.

That night, Chen Tingbai gripped Jiang Lai by the shoulders and said in a hoarse voice, "Kid, come back."

Jiang Lai: "Move. I'm going to photograph that handsome guy."

Chen Tingbai stuffed his tie into her hand. "Photograph me. I've got abs too."

What Jiang Lai didn't know was that after she stopped pestering Chen Tingbai, his world lost its color. Fourier transforms and Taylor expansions no longer held any appeal.

The story takes a slightly silly turn.

A bewitching, flirtatious little firecracker who loves boldly and hates boldly x a stodgy, cold-hearted doctoral advisor in the mathematics department

Theme: Independent women are the most beautiful.