Dreaming on the Clock

[Rekindled Romance] [Sharp-Tongued but Soft-Hearted Handsome Gong x Gentle, Frail Beauty Shou]

In Nan Ke City, where the dream industry is thriving, citizens have been encountering strange occurrences in their dreams one after another, and some have even lost their lives.

Insiders claim it's all the work of that mysterious Chief Dreamweaver!

As it happens, the Chief Dreamweaver has vanished at just this critical moment.

Overnight, the revered Chief Dreamweaver has fallen from grace and become the target of public scorn.

To investigate the chaos, the Dream Oversight Bureau is quietly established.

Qin Wu, former captain of the criminal investigation squad, is transferred to the bureau as its deputy head.

On his first day in his new post, Qin Wu bumps into a stunning beauty at the bureau.

The beauty hands him a stack of documents. "I'm here to apply for the position of temporary consultant at the Dream Oversight Bureau."

Qin Wu lazily flips through them, listing objections as if reading off a menu:

"Your looks are too conspicuous, your weight doesn't meet the requirements, your blood type isn't suitable..."

Finally, he delivers his verdict: "Besides, our bureau doesn't hire consultants named Lu Qiyu. You can go home now."

A passing colleague is dumbfounded and calls him "a lunatic."

Later, Lu Qiyu still manages to become the Dream Oversight Bureau's temporary consultant.

Captain Qin is less than thrilled, and begins a routine of arguing with Teacher Lu every time they meet.

Their colleagues tremble with fear, worried that one day their captain will come to blows with the gorgeous Teacher Lu.

Everyone is on edge. How could their slender, gentle Teacher Lu possibly win a fight?!

But then they realize that things are taking an increasingly surreal turn...

Captain Qin brought Teacher Lu breakfast today!

Captain Qin draped his own coat over Teacher Lu today!

Captain Qin applied medicine to Teacher Lu today!

Captain Qin carries Teacher Lu's stomach medicine around with him??!!

Captain Qin took Teacher Lu home!

Captain Qin cooked for Teacher Lu himself?!

Finally, after Teacher Lu once again put his half-eaten red bean bun in Captain Qin's hand, while Captain Qin called him a "kitten with a tiny stomach" and casually finished the other half...

Everyone couldn't hold back any longer: "What exactly is going on between you two???"

Lu Qiyu and Qin Wu: "We're not close."

Just strangers who've kissed.

[Bonus Scene]

One rainy night, Qin Wu braves the downpour to bring Lu Qiyu his stomach medicine. He looks at the ailing beauty curled up on the sofa. Lu Qiyu is trembling from pain, while he is trembling from the cold...

Qin Wu: "Teacher Lu, we're strictly colleagues. You can't treat me like your boyfriend."

Lu Qiyu: "Then tell me, Captain Qin, what kind of person is allowed to treat you like a boyfriend?"

Qin Wu pretends to think it over for a long while, then says deliberately, "Someone like the Chief Dreamweaver."

Hearing his secret identity suddenly brought up, Lu Qiyu smiles. "Remember you said that."

* Sharp-tongued but soft-hearted handsome gong x gentle, frail beauty shou

* One-on-one romance, happy ending, rekindled romance

* Blurb archived on July 18, 2024

Theme: You two stay right there. I'll bring the marriage bureau over.