Meeting My Boss on a Dating Show

Blurb

Xu Shi landed an internship at Silver Shield Law Firm, and everyone thought she had hit the jackpot.

But when they heard that her supervising lawyer was Gu Jian, they all fell silent.

In the industry, Gu Jian could be summed up in three words: heartless, vindictive, and sharp-tongued.

He was nicknamed "Pufferfish" because he was toxic from head to toe.

Xu Shi's roommate tried to comfort her. "It's okay. You're so pretty, surely Lawyer Gu will go easy on you."

Xu Shi almost believed her. But on her first day, she mixed up the case files, and Gu Jian frowned. "A graduate student? Top of your class? Being pretty must be the best thing you've got going for you."

He laid into her for exactly nine minutes and forty-nine seconds, because Gu Jian had said interns weren't worth wasting ten minutes on.

After that, Xu Shi was on edge around him. Ten days of working together gave her a new impression of Gu Jian: uninterested in women, sarcastic, and impossibly fussy.

One day, after she'd had too much to drink, she complained to a friend, "I wonder which poor soul will end up marrying Gu Jian."

"No, I'd call her a bodhisattva, saving the suffering and delivering all living beings."

When she turned around, Gu Jian was right behind her.

Xu Shi: "..."

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The dating show You and I, Who Don't Know How to Date opened applications to ordinary contestants. Xu Shi's best friend, a casting director, submitted an application for her.

On the first day of filming, Xu Shi dragged her suitcase to the house, only to run into Gu Jian at the door, also pulling a suitcase.

Xu Shi: "?"

Gu Jian's reason for joining the show: his lease was up.

At the dating house, Xu Shi's striking looks and likable personality made her the object of many male contestants' affections.

But viewers noticed a subtle chemistry between her and Gu Jian. Specifically, they went out together, came home together, shopped and cooked as a team, and chose to spend their dates listening to court hearings.

Viewers: We're shipping them!

Xu Shi insisted: I just wanted to bum a ride QAQ.

The show was well over halfway through, and the "Time" couple had become the fan favorite, riding high in popularity.

Xu Shi herself stepped in to break up the ship: Only dogs would ship them.

But during filming the next day, viewers noticed that Gu Jian couldn't take his eyes off Xu Shi.

In a corner of the hallway, the cameras caught Gu Jian handing over all his bank cards, his voice soft and plaintive. "They're all yours. Don't be mad anymore."

Viewers: ???

Is that really Gu Jian?

Are they seriously dating?!

Not long after the show ended, Gu Jian posted: Yes, I met a bodhisattva. @Xu Shi

○ Both leads are each other's first and only // Law student X legal big shot

○ Neither lead is perfect

○ Seven-year age gap

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