Welcome to the Walled City

The new client is actually my ex-boyfriend!

She tries to pretend she doesn't know him, but fails.

She tries to set him up with a new girlfriend, but he refuses.

She grits her teeth and bribes him with a souvenir, but that doesn't seem to work either.

Just as she's looking forward to a chance to sneak off early, he grabs her hand as she packs her things:

"Planning to leave without a word again?"

Shen Zhihai had been handsome since childhood and had lost count of how many people had pursued him and confessed their feelings.

But a tough girl camping outside his school every day to give him snacks was a first. So was being carried on her back by that same girl after losing too much blood in a fight.

His first crush ended with him getting dumped just seven days later. And for the last four of those days, he was away competing in an academic contest...

Seven days together, seven years apart,

I've missed you for exactly 2,691 days.

(A sharp-tongued, tea-loving local history expert x a short-tempered, frustrated cultural-creative designer)

[Some historical sources, historical figures, cultural relics, and ancient buildings are based on real ones.]

Coming next: A River of Brilliant Stars (the prickly He Xing, stubborn and full of prejudice, x Meng Can, who holds a grudge and never seems to have much luck. A little bit of chasing-her-after-the-breakup.)

Theme: Learn from history and let it shape your spirit.