You’re Sunshine with a Tangerine Scent

A brilliant young heiress with plenty of little schemes, the "sugar mommy" x a devoted military cadet sponsored by her. Mutual pining, both pursuing each other, a warm and heartwarming story.

The story mainly follows their college romance, with only a small amount set after graduation, when they start working. The heroine works in handwriting analysis, a branch of forensic identification. After graduation, the hero returns to the military.

1.

When Han Lu was ten, she sponsored Chen Ye through her elementary school's student-support program. Every year, she invited him over to her house, buying him expensive backpacks and stationery. Chen Ye was always a little formal with her.

By the time they reached college, Han Lu had finally completed her "sponsorship mission." Chen Ye told their classmates that he would pay back all the money she had spent on him over the years, so everyone around them teased her for being his "sugar mommy."

Chen Ye just smiled and let it pass, without denying it. It was as if, after knowing each other for so many years, all that remained between them was a financial relationship.

Han Lu knew Chen Ye was sensitive and proud. Maybe he planned to have nothing more to do with her, and now simply felt indebted to her. Once he paid her back, they would be even.

But Han Lu didn't want to be even with Chen Ye. She didn't even want him to go too far away from her.

All these years, even while being formal with her, Chen Ye had always been willing to do whatever she asked. He knew she liked oranges best, so he would slip orange-flavored fruit candies into her pocket without a word, secretly buy an orange-flavored lollipop and tuck it into her pencil case, or use his scholarship money to buy her orange-scented perfume.

She actually liked Chen Ye just a little.

A little more every year, until, year after year, it had become a lot.

2.

In Chen Ye's eyes, he and Han Lu belonged to different worlds. She came from a wealthy family, was beautiful, and always drew everyone's attention. If he hadn't met her, he would have dropped out of school long ago.

Han Lu had given him the best future he could have hoped for, but he didn't know what he could give her. Perhaps, in Han Lu's eyes, he was nothing more than someone she sponsored, nothing special.

But in countless places Han Lu never knew about, he watched the radiant girl from within the crowd. And on countless quiet nights, he sat on the edge of his bed, writing Han Lu's name over and over on scrap paper.

Every year, he tried to get a little closer to her.

Until one day, he could take her hand and walk beside her.

3.

In the eyes of their classmates at S University, Han Lu and Chen Ye were obviously a couple. Han Lu never missed one of Chen Ye's basketball games, and would buy him water and hand him a towel. Chen Ye brought Han Lu meals and picked up her packages every day, then walked her to her dorm after class before leaving.

But the strange thing was that neither of them would admit they were a couple. They only said they had always been like this, and were just ordinary friends.

Han Lu felt a little guilty, because she was the one who often dragged Chen Ye into doing this and that for her. Maybe because she was his "sugar mommy," Chen Ye never complained.

After all, Chen Ye didn't talk much or show his feelings. She had never been able to guess what he was thinking.

Then one day, Han Lu went to a dinner with the wealthy young man her family had arranged for her to meet, hoping they might marry. After drinking, Han Lu told the supposed marriage prospect that she already had a boyfriend, then called Chen Ye right in front of him.

Before this, Chen Ye had always denied that they were dating whenever other people teased him about it. Han Lu thought he wouldn't want to play along this time either.

But when Chen Ye arrived, he glanced at her "marriage prospect" and, in response to the man's provocation, said, "I'm her boyfriend."

Han Lu was dumbfounded. Was this really Chen Ye?!

"Chen Ye, do you just like making me guess what you're thinking, guess your answer? But if you don't say anything, how am I supposed to know?"

His response was a shy yet earnest kiss. It was also the first time she had seen such burning affection in Chen Ye's eyes. After staying buried for so long, it had finally burst forth.

He said, "That's my answer. Now you know."

Reader's guide:

1. The story mainly takes place on a college campus. The leads attend the same university and the same school, but study different majors.

2. A note from Baidu Baike: A military cadet is a new type of highly trained military professional recruited according to the needs of the armed forces. They are selected from graduating high school students who take the national college entrance examination, and are educated by the military through partnerships with local universities.

Military cadets are admitted in the early round of the college entrance examination. They attend classes and study for degrees alongside ordinary students, but are also subject to military supervision. They take part in military and political training and study specialized military courses. After graduation, they are assigned by the military and become officers.

3. One-on-one romance, sweet. The heroine pursues the hero, and the hero pursues her too. They both like to pursue each other on the sly, but their thought processes are never on the same wavelength.

4. There is one secondary couple: a fashion designer and her male model (dogeza).

Theme: Be patriotic young people of the new era, study your professional fields diligently, and serve your country.