A Falling Leaf Heralds Autumn

[Terrible at keeping calm, prone to overthinking, directionally challenged graduate-school hopeful who is afraid of men X Short-tempered, sharp-tongued veteran and part-time driving instructor]

With her driving test deadline approaching, Yu Qiu returned to her hometown to learn to drive and was assigned a new instructor.

The first time she met him, it was the height of summer.

The man had very short black hair and wore a snug tank top and camouflage pants, showing off his well-built muscles. A cigarette rested between the fingers of his right hand as he puffed away. He turned to look at Yu Qiu, his gaze cold and indifferent, his hormones practically radiating off him.

His ferocious, wife-beater face terrified Yu Qiu, who was afraid of men. She took two steps back, then turned and ran for her life.

On her first day of driving practice, Yu Qiu was so nervous that, with a truck moving ahead of her, she mistook the accelerator for the brake and drove straight toward it. Luckily, the man slammed on the brakes, preventing an accident.

Afterward, his voice was edged with furious irritation as he muttered, "Did that car up ahead have a suction cup attached to it, or are you trying to die?"

Yu Qiu was too scared to answer.

Her first attempt at the road test.

Yu Qiu was so nervous that she failed during the very first lighting check. After leaving the test center, she called her instructor to report how it had gone.

His voice over the phone was cool and distant. "Having money doesn't mean you should throw it away like this."

Yu Qiu failed four times. Just as it seemed all her hard work was about to go to waste, her instructor, a gold-medal coach with a perfect record of passing on the first try, sighed. "You're really here to ruin me."

On her fifth attempt,

Feng Zhou drove her to the test center. Before leaving, he was silent for a long time, then sighed gently. "...It's okay if you don't pass. I'll drive you around from now on."

[Reading Guide]

1. The romance is sweet, while the other storylines have their ups and downs.

2. The male lead is a rich second-generation who ran away from home. He spent five years in the military, and after leaving the service, he started a business while working part-time as a driving instructor for various reasons.

3. The female lead has a psychological block about driving early in the story, and gets into some "funny situations" because she doesn't always act appropriately. She's gradually overcoming it, so please don't be too harsh on her.

4. Chapters with childhood memories are marked "Contains Memories" in the synopsis, so feel free to skip them if you don't want to read those parts. Chapters 64 and 65 are important to the story, so skipping them is not recommended. If I forget to mark any, please let me know in the comments. Hearts!

Theme: Be brave.