[Younger man, international romance | Spendthrift art student abroad ❌ calculating athlete puppy]
Chen Xingzhi lived by the motto, "If I don't buy it now, I'll be too old later," and was always out shopping.
No matter how much she made from her side hustle, it couldn't keep up with her maxing out her credit cards every month.
To afford a Chanel bag, she had to slash her housing budget and move into a supposedly haunted house where someone had died.
To her surprise, the landlord was a high school student.
Broad shoulders, a narrow waist, eight-pack abs, and the looks of an actor some talent agency had somehow let slip through its fingers.
Chen Xingzhi raised her sunglasses. "Wow. I hit the jackpot."
Later, she realized her landlord seemed to have a secret crush on a girl from the baseball club.
Wait... A guy with that face, pining after someone who doesn't love him? Is this a joke?
Chen Xingzhi: "I'll help you get her. If you succeed, can you lower my rent?"
Kitahara said with a dark expression, in perfectly proper Chinese, "I don't talk to blind people."
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More than half a year later, her visa was about to expire. If she couldn't find a job, she'd have to return home.
While she was at her wit's end, Kitahara Haruki said, "It's okay if you can't get a job offer. You can marry me."
Chen Xingzhi stared at the handsome young man before her, looking completely serious.
He was wearing his high school uniform and holding his graduation certificate.
She clapped her hands.
Right! The legal age for marriage in Japan is 18!
Reading guide:
1. Happy ending, older woman/younger man, four-year age gap. The male lead is of mixed Japanese and Chinese heritage.
2. The female lead isn't a virgin; the male lead is. The female lead has an ex-boyfriend early in the story.
3. The female lead is an international student in Japan, learning from the enemy to defeat the enemy!
Theme: In my dark life, you alone are a star.
