A Summer Crush

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On the first day of her summer internship, Cheng Keke heard the terrifying rumors about the department's top boss, Xiao:

He had reassigned two second-level department managers in succession and even fired a beautiful master's graduate who was still on probation!

Cheng Keke secretly warned herself to keep well away from this cold, heartless big shot.

One lazy summer afternoon, Cheng Keke wandered into the break room, still half-asleep. When she looked up, she saw the big shot sitting in a bentwood chair beside the floor-to-ceiling window, browsing the news on his phone.

The man had calm, composed features. His long fingers loosely held a cold drink, and the dappled sunlight outlined his handsome, aloof profile.

In that instant, Cheng Keke heard fireworks go off in her heart.

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Xiao Yu, the fourth young master of the Yiping Xiao family, and Yunsheng's youngest department head.

Exceptionally talented and born to privilege, he was also cold by nature. In his twenty-six years, there had never been a girl by his side.

The little flame of her secret crush gradually went out, just as expected, in the face of his cool response.

After Cheng Keke gave up and quit, she politely invited him to dinner to thank him for being her boss.

She never expected that one thank-you dinner would turn into three!

Each time, either he paid the bill in advance or he somehow maneuvered her into being unable to pay.

Cheng Keke couldn't hold back her confusion any longer. "Boss Xiao, are you doing this on purpose?"

"Yes," Xiao Yu admitted frankly.

"Why?" the girl asked, baffled.

Xiao Yu lowered his eyes to look at her, a hint of meaning glimmering in his gaze. "What do you think?"

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In the eyes of Yunsheng's employees, Boss Xiao was a workaholic who was "hard on others and even harder on himself."

Even if he got into a relationship, it would probably be a dull business marriage.

Until someone saw a girl hugging the beloved resident cat in a popular bookstore, a must-visit spot for couples in Yiping.

Beside her, Boss Xiao gazed at her tenderly, his eyes full of affection.

"If you like it, I'll buy this cat."

"If the owner won't agree, I'll buy the whole bookstore."

Bystanders: @#￥%...!!

Am I hallucinating because I ate poisonous mushrooms, or has our top boss at Yunsheng been possessed?!

#I'm not perfect, but I want to give you all my love and spoil you rotten

1. A little cutie who's always getting muddled at crucial moments VS an IT big shot who's endlessly doting and cunning

2. Mutual pining, seven-year age gap

3. The male lead comes from an imperfect family background, with a slight healing theme

Theme: May the world treat you gently.