Huaihuai Makes a Move

A sweet, clueless comic artist vs. a cool, aloof criminal police officer

Marriage first, love later | He's secretly in love with her | Childhood friends

1. Tan Yi never imagined she'd one day be unable to draw an intimate scene between her comic's main characters, so she'd stay home and watch a steamy movie for inspiration. Less than ten minutes in, the police called to tell her she'd been scammed.

Tan Yi: "..."

To avoid dying of embarrassment in public, she waited by the entrance until almost closing time before slowly making her way into the police station. As soon as she entered, she spotted a tall, slender young man curled up in a chair, wearing a police uniform. He seemed to be asleep.

His head was tilted back, the brim of his cap covering most of his face and leaving only his clean, sharply defined jawline visible.

"Hello... I'd like to file a report."

She walked over, her voice soft and timid.

The man in the chair didn't react.

She took a deep breath and repeated herself, louder this time.

The man in the pale blue undershirt finally stirred.

"Name?"

His voice was languid, still rough with sleep.

"Tan Yi."

At the sound of her name, the man raised his dark eyes and stared at her.

"What are you reporting?"

"...I got scammed out of fifty thousand yuan online."

The man immediately asked, "Were you dating someone online?"

"...No."

She explained in a tiny voice.

"I just... I was on a website watching a movie, and it told me I had to pay for a membership to keep watching."

"What website?"

He tapped the desk, signaling for her to speak louder.

The young woman held it in for a long moment. In the end, her whole face red, she said in a voice that was neither too loud nor too soft, "One of those, um, not-very-innocent websites."

The man froze for a moment, then immediately understood. He gave her a knowing look.

Tan Yi: "..."

2. Tan Yi thought that even though the most embarrassing thing in her life had just happened, it was fine because the police officer in front of her was someone she'd never see again once she left the station. A few days later, she went out to take out the trash and saw the new neighbor who had just moved in next door.

The man was no longer in uniform. He had changed into a casual black T-shirt, and when he heard a sound, he looked over.

When he saw her face, Xu Qihuai curled his lips and spoke in his usual lazy tone.

"What a coincidence, Tan Yi."

Tan Yi had assumed he wouldn't remember her. "...Hello, Officer."

After greeting him, she was so mortified she wanted to turn around and slam the door shut. But the man suddenly strode over and wedged himself between her and the door. He looked down at her, the corner of his handsome, refined mouth lifting in a half-smile.

"Tan Yi, you've gotten pretty bold. You really don't remember who I am?"

Tan Yi: "???"

Seeing the young woman's bewildered, helpless expression, Xu Qihuai laughed in exasperation. "Tan Yi, you're something else."

They'd been apart for only ten years, and she couldn't even recognize the person she'd grown up with.

And he'd spent so long thinking about her.

She really was something else.

3. Later, when Tan Yi finally remembered who he was, she looked up at him sincerely.

"So when can I get back the fifty thousand yuan I was scammed out of?"

"No idea."

Tan Yi pouted. "...What's the point of having a childhood friend?"

"Still better than being someone who forgot me completely."

One day, when she couldn't sleep at three in the morning and was standing on the balcony in a daze, he got up to use the bathroom, glanced over as he passed, and then knocked on her door with an expressionless face. "Come here. I'll help you fall asleep."

A sweet-treat guide:

1) A lighthearted, sweet comedy with a zany, irreverent style. If that's not your thing, please don't read.

2) The two grew up together, then were separated for various reasons.

3) Both sets of parents are close, and both families are rich. Rich!

5) Not a traditional marriage-first, love-later story.

Theme: Strive together to grow and work hard.