Macau Island

[Streetwise Playboy X Cool Beauty]

Ning Yi bought a two-bedroom apartment.

To ease the pressure of her mortgage, Ning Yi decided to rent out the spare bedroom.

She left everything to an acquaintance who worked as an agent, asking them to find a tenant and draw up the lease.

But on the day the tenant was due to move in, a tall man in a baseball cap walked into the apartment.

Ning Yi looked a little surprised.

"Lai Zhiting?"

The words people used to describe Lai Zhiting were "streetwise playboy."

He loved wearing loud shirts, playing basketball, gaming, drag racing, and having fun.

And he treated relationships as nothing more than a game, too.

When he was nineteen, as they decided to get together, Lai Zhiting made it perfectly clear to Ning Yi.

"We'll only date for six months."

Six months as a couple, then a breakup when time was up.

If Lai Zhiting hadn't fallen out with his family, he wouldn't have moved out to rent a place. And by a strange twist of fate, he ended up renting Ning Yi's apartment.

Eight years later, they met again. Ning Yi was the landlord, and Lai Zhiting was the tenant.

Sticking to their old way of getting along, Ning Yi kept a strict distance, cool and aloof.

Lai Zhiting was still the same streetwise playboy, fond of loud shirts, basketball, gaming, drag racing, and having fun.

On top of that, Lai Zhiting had picked up a surprising new hobby: cooking.

After carefully preparing a table laden with food and setting out chilled beer, Lai Zhiting waited for Ning Yi to come home.

But he waited from six until nine, and Ning Yi still hadn't appeared.

At eleven that night, Ning Yi finally came back.

When she opened the door, she was surprised to find Lai Zhiting still sitting on the sofa, wearing a black apron and looking at her with a wounded expression.

"Forget there was someone else at home?"

Reader's Guide:

1. Icy, tsundere woman X immature, big-dog-type guy

2. Cohabitation romance.

3. BKing.

4. A touch of summery Hong Kong style.

5. Everyday life.

6. Flashbacks and an urban storyline, with no separate school-life plot.

7. Revised in December 2025.

Theme: Honesty and courage