Don't Leave Tonight

After disappearing for two years, Yan Ning asks a friend to help her find a new job. Her friend asks what she’s looking for. Yan Ning says she only has one requirement. “No unnecessary human interaction, including at work.” Su Yaoxi is a wealthy woman with a fortune to her name, and one of Hai’an City’s most low-key and mysterious rich ladies. She usually keeps to herself, and work is the only focus of her life. Her friend feels sorry that she’s always alone and urges her to go out more and meet new people. Su Yaoxi goes out and picks up a cat, but she’s allergic to cat hair and has severe OCD. With no other choice, she hires a housekeeper to care for her beloved cat, but she goes through more than twenty people without finding a single one to her liking. Her friend is driven to the brink. “Su Yaoxi, tell me right now, what exactly are your requirements?” Su Yaoxi thinks it over seriously. “I want the other person to be human, but work like a robot.” * When Yan Ning and Su Yaoxi first meet, neither of them reaches out to the other. Su Yaoxi is aloof and picky, sizing Yan Ning up with a look that warns strangers to stay away. “Sorry, Miss Yan. I have a fear of people.” Yan Ning is expressionless and to the point. “That’s fine. I can’t stand people.” * Later, on a rainy night, Su Yaoxi wraps her arms around Yan Ning from behind and buries her face in the crook of her neck. “Yan Ning, don’t leave tonight.” Yan Ning’s silence is as deep as the endless night, so heavy that Su Yaoxi thinks she won’t answer. After a long while, she hears a low voice ask, “Why?” Su Yaoxi kisses the side of her neck, her warm breath mingling with her broken words. “Stay… with me.” (Sweet and angsty, a beautiful rich older sister’s long-dormant heart finally catches fire.) . Theme: Sincerity for sincerity.