My Wish

"Love has a will of its own."

"Why did you come here? Why would a distinguished communications PhD returning from overseas lower herself to work for our newly founded little company? Why did you start researching autonomous driving technology back in college? And why autonomous driving alone? Back then, the field was only just getting started. No one knew what the future would hold, yet you chose to pursue it." One question after another came at Liu Mumian. She wanted to say something, but couldn't, because every answer came down to one person: Zhou Mochen.

She chose to research autonomous driving because she wanted to meet him again. She studied as hard as she could so she could stand beside him as his equal. In a field that was unfriendly to women, only she knew how much effort it took to establish herself. She studied alone in a foreign country, from graduate school through her doctorate. Only she knew how far she had come and how much she had sacrificed. She stayed with him from the early days of their little company to the pinnacle of the autonomous driving field. From the age of twenty-six to thirty, they fought side by side and built the future of autonomous driving together. From the admiration she felt as a young girl to the love she buried deep in her heart, she couldn't say how many years had passed.

"Mr. Zhou, I've decided to resign." Zhou Mochen said nothing, only staring at her as if trying to find the answer on her face. "Why?" Liu Mumian had long anticipated this turn of events. "I've worked hard enough and made enough money. It's time to enjoy life." She looked perfectly at ease. Zhou Mochen laughed in disbelief. "I don't agree!" Now Liu Mumian was flustered. "I've made enough money. I don't want to work hard anymore. I want to find someone to marry and go home to enjoy life with a husband and kids. Is that so unreasonable?" Zhou Mochen laughed even harder. "Where would you even get a boyfriend? Marriage? Do you believe that yourself?" Annoyed, Liu Mumian blurted out, "That's none of your business! You'll approve my resignation whether you like it or not. So what if I want to get married? I can always grab some handsome guy off the street. I've got money. I'll keep him. I'm sure he'd be happy to save himself twenty years of hard work!" Zhou Mochen's face darkened. With a humorless smile, he said, "Fine. You want to get married, and you'll take any man you can find? Then why not keep me? I'll even pay my own way." The office fell even quieter. Liu Mumian was so frightened that her legs were shaking, and she couldn't say a word. Seeing how "scared" she was, Zhou Mochen immediately made up his mind. "No objections, right? Let's get our marriage license this afternoon!" Liu Mumian finally came to her senses. "What! Do you even know what you're saying?" "Do you think I'm joking?" Zhou Mochen looked at her seriously. Liu Mumian's mind went blank. She was stunned. "You've got two hours to think about it. All right? We'll get our marriage license this afternoon." Liu Mumian didn't know how she got back to her office or what she thought about during those two hours. All she knew was that when the time was up, she walked into Zhou Mochen's office and said, "Let's go get our marriage license!"

After they married, she was left speechless by Zhou Mochen's sudden change. "Mianmian, stop looking at work and pay some attention to me. Mianmian, don't work overtime this week. Let's go on a date. Mianmian, stop looking at handsome guys on Douyin all the time. Your husband isn't bad either. Mianmian... Mianmian..." One day, Liu Mumian finally couldn't take it anymore. "Zhou Mochen, what exactly are you trying to do? I seriously suspect you planned to marry me all along!" Zhou Mochen smiled and hugged her from behind. "That's right, sweetheart. Congratulations, you guessed it!"

A year later, their wedding finally arrived. After the guests had left that night, Liu Mumian solemnly handed Zhou Mochen a metal box. "Look, I've kept all my love for you in here!"

The love she had kept hidden for so long had finally found its leading man! And now that leading man was crying his eyes out!

"Luckily, I met my leading man again and waited for him. In the end, my leading man became my husband!"

A heroine whose true secret crush comes true / a successful hero who thinks he deliberately plotted his way into her heart

An emotionally sensitive, straightforward female communications specialist / an outwardly aloof, inwardly tenacious male lead devoted to autonomous vehicles

Theme: You made my years shine