Is Being Rich a Special Talent?

Lazy Dream Painter x Cool, Tough Special Police Officer / Beautiful Heiress x Walking Hormone Age gap / size difference / irresistible attraction [Female Lead's Blurb] Meng Zhuxi was born beautiful and sweet-tongued, doted on by three generations of her family. Unfortunately, she was spoiled rotten and grew up into a lazybones, terrible at everything and the undefeated champion of lying flat. With her senior year of college coming to an end, all she wanted was a job with two days on and five days off. Her brother casually tossed her the deeds to eight properties and told her, "With a two-on, five-off schedule, you'd work just eight days a month. Eight properties are just enough for you to collect rent from one each day." The catch was that she had to accompany him to meet his date and help him win over the domineering CEO. Her brother had an emergency that day and couldn't make it, so she waited alone at the restaurant for his date. When she came back from the restroom, she found a... man sitting across from her! He had striking features and a strong profile, and his dark eyes brought to mind a cold sword with its edge concealed. He was certainly handsome, but oh no, she was about to end up with a brother who had a disability! To keep her family from breaking her brother's legs, Meng Zhuxi earnestly urged him to break things off. "My brother is a playboy. He changes partners every month, so dating him won't go anywhere. You should break up before the elders find out. That way, you can both keep your legs. What do you think?" The man gazed at her with dark eyes, then suddenly curled his lips into a smile. "Sure. Send me five million, and I'll agree to break up with your brother." * Meng Zhuxi felt she had seen right through Zhou Huaichen from the moment they met. At first glance, he seemed stern and righteous, but in truth, roguishness and a volatile temper were etched into his bones. Just before her graduation defense, her roommate destroyed her final project, and the school gave her a second chance to paint a replacement oil painting. To graduate, Meng Zhuxi headed into the mountains to gather inspiration, never expecting to wander into a restricted area where the Cheetah Special Forces were holding field training. There, she met a completely different Zhou Huaichen: Stern and dignified, upright and passionate, he was the youngest captain in the history of the Cheetah Special Forces. But the very next moment, this unforgiving captain had her taken in for questioning by state security on suspicion of being a spy. Meng Zhuxi: "..." Congratulations to her: the first college student in history to nearly get herself arrested while working on her graduation project. [Male Lead's Blurb] Zhou Huaichen first met Meng Zhuxi at a revolving restaurant high above the city. The old man had arranged a date for him and watched him go upstairs, but hadn't stopped him from deliberately sitting at the wrong table. As luck would have it, he sat across from Meng Zhuxi. Meng Zhuxi mistook him for her brother's boyfriend and frantically urged him to break up. Zhou Huaichen was so exasperated he laughed. With a shameless grin, he said, "Sure. Send me five million, and I'll agree to break up with your brother." * The second time they met, the young woman stood prettily in front of him, her soft, dreamy, almond-shaped eyes gazing at him. "I thought it over when I got home. What if I don't give you money, but give you myself instead? ... What do you think of me?" Zhou Huaichen smiled lazily. "Don't be silly. When you get married, your big brother will give you a generous dowry." Later, when Zhou Huaichen couldn't get out of her bed, the young woman wrapped her arms around his shoulders and leaned close to his ear, asking in a sweet, gentle voice, "Have you prepared the dowry you promised me?" [Reading Notes] The female lead and her brother are a ridiculous pair of siblings. Their names are very similar: Meng Zhuxi and Meng Yanxi. To keep everyone from mixing them up in Chapter One, here's a heads-up: the brother is Yan, and the sister is Zhu. * Both leads are each other's first and only, six-year age gap, straight romance only, with no other elements. * Her brother is straight. The female lead realizes the misunderstanding right after their first meeting, which is why she later falls for the male lead. * Both leads have their own career arcs. The story aims to feel grounded. The professional details draw on numerous specialized books and documentaries, but there are no real-life models; the story and characters are entirely fictional. [The author's brother's novel, The Maybach I Mistook for My Secret Crush, is complete. Feel free to check it out next door.] On the day Jin Zhao reunited with Meng Yanxi, her students had just teased her in class, asking if she'd ever had a secret crush. The breeze stirred the pages of her book. Jin Zhao smiled and nodded. "I have. He's tall and handsome. He looks cool, and he's got a sharp tongue. You'd worry he'd poison himself just by licking his lips. But his heart is warm and gentle. Aside from being a bit ridiculous sometimes and having a poor tolerance for alcohol, he has no flaws. He's even incredibly lucky." After class, she waited by the roadside for her ride. A black car stopped in front of her and unlocked with a click. She was looking down at her messages, so she casually opened the door and got in. The car pulled away, and her phone rang at the same time. The driver's booming voice came through: "You got in the wrong car! I was honking like crazy behind you, didn't you hear me? That's a Maybach, worth over ten million! How could you just get in?" Jin Zhao froze. She was about to confirm with the owner when the silent man in the driver's seat suddenly looked up. In the rearview mirror, Jin Zhao's eyes met a pair of dark, almond-shaped eyes, completely by surprise. Jin Zhao: "..." Help! She'd gotten into the Maybach of her secret crush by mistake! * Sweet girl x cool guy / gentle-on-the-outside, strong-on-the-inside NPC x a gifted elite * Modern city with campus flashbacks / secret crush comes true / reunited after a breakup / each other's first and only love The author's recently completed xianxia novel, I Was Such a Huge Lazybones, is also available in the author's collection. Check it out! Weibo: @AugustLittleGlutinousRice Theme: The right people grow together when they're together.