The Apple of Everyone’s Eye

Miss Gu has no interest in inheriting the family business. She is determined to become a writer of old-school angsty romance instead. Her new book, The Tyrant CEO and His Runaway Country Girl, is short on material and stuck at the outline stage.

Her no-good friend Shang Yanjin enthusiastically offers inspiration, finding Gu Zhuzhu a summer job with all kinds of role-playing.

One day, Gu Zhuzhu says she wants to experience life as a maid. The young master Shang thumps his chest and says, "Come work at my place, Zhuzhu! I've already told the butler!"

On the day of the interview, in the study of a hillside villa.

A young butler in a refined black robe stands beside a bamboo screen, his long hair tied back and a string of prayer beads in his hand. A single gold-rimmed monocle rests on his high nose, lending him an elegant, gentle air.

"Miss Gu, would you be my personal assistant? The monthly salary is five hundred thousand."

"?"

"I don't live on the hillside very often. You'd only need to look after Baozhu when I'm away."

"..."

After the young butler leaves, Gu Zhuzhu stares into the eyes of the plump rabbit, "Baozhu," left on the table.

"...Do butlers in wealthy families really make this much?"

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Gu Zhuzhu's life as a maid in a wealthy household doesn't involve any of the villainous servants she expected. On the contrary, the young butler who supposedly "doesn't live here often" shows up on the villa's second floor every day, squatting by the rabbit's cage to watch it eat cabbage with her.

Much later, when Gu Zhuzhu has gathered enough material and plans to quit...

A helicopter scatters countless rose petals outside the villa, while a spectacular fireworks display lights up the evening sky. The gentle young man walks toward her through the rosy glow and drops to one knee.

"My precious Zhuzhu, please let me take care of you for the rest of our lives."

Gu Zhuzhu: "..."

Help! This corny, sugary scene and dialogue sound just like the bonus chapter of the first novel I wrote in middle school! Aaaah!

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Little scene:

Over the phone, the young master boasts smugly, "So, Zhuzhu, have you gotten a real taste of how hard life is for a maid at the bottom of society?"

With her head on a man's lap, Gu Zhuzhu accepts a freshly peeled grape. "It's been okay. I also fell in love with your butler."

The young master's voice trembles. "...With who?"

Grandpa Butler is over sixty!

"Your young and handsome little butler, Shang Yanshu."

"..."

He breaks down. "That's my second uncle, the sole head of the Shang family! Miss, don't you ask what someone does before you start dating them?!!!"

Now it's Gu Zhuzhu's turn: "..."

The dashing Shang Yanshu smiles and takes the phone. As Gu Zhuzhu stares in shock, he lowers his voice into the receiver.

"Yanjin, don't be rude to your second aunt."

[Naive bunny girl experiencing life vs. gentle, scheming, doting CEO Big Bad Wolf]

Reader's Guide:

1. A fluffy, brainless sweet romance. No logic, just sweetness.

2. Secret crush, one-on-one, both leads' first time.

3. This is a mood-lifting work, and it won't be very long.

Theme: Don't let status get in the way of love.