Zhizhi and Me

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[Blurb]:

Help! I mistook my new boss for the "boyfriend for a day" I hired. What do I do?

Anime girl vs. sweet-on-the-outside, scheming-on-the-inside boss

Contract marriage | Unrequited love becomes mutual | He pursues her | Romantic tension

1.

Lin Zhizhi mistook her new boss, whom she had never met, for the "boyfriend for a day" she had hired.

The first time they met, she walked right up and took Cheng Yu by the hand.

"Were you looking for me, boyfriend?"

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On her first day at the company, Lin Zhizhi watched her "boyfriend for a day" walk straight into the CEO's office, dressed in a suit and not even glancing around.

"Mr. Cheng," her colleagues all called him.

Lin Zhizhi: "... Huh?"

Could she still hop in a time machine and go back to fix this?

2.

Lin Zhizhi discovered that her new boss was actually a pretty good person.

He didn't hold a grudge. He even helped her fend off drinks and took her home.

Before her internship was over, Lin Zhizhi quit, only to find her family pressuring her to get married.

Cheng Yu happened to overhear an awkward conversation between her and her mother.

In private, Cheng Yu asked Lin Zhizhi if she was willing to marry him under a contract.

"The contract will last two years. We'll both appease our families, and each get what we need," he said.

Almost as if possessed, Lin Zhizhi nodded and agreed.

It wasn't until later, when Cheng Yu kissed her passionately while drunk and whispered Zhizhi in her ear, that Lin Zhizhi realized what he meant by each getting what they needed.

"Hey! Weren't we supposed to have a two-year contract? How long has it been now?"

[Bonus Scene]:

One morning after they started living together, Lin Zhizhi shuffled toward the kitchen in her slippers to get a drink of water.

Leaning against the stair railing, she spotted Cheng Yu on the living room sofa downstairs.

He was completely engrossed in his iPad. From the blurry image on the screen, it looked like an anime?

She quietly went downstairs and crept up behind Cheng Yu.

"What are you watching?" Lin Zhizhi pounced on him.

Cheng Yu's finger, resting on the volume-up button, jerked.

The opening theme of a romance anime immediately blasted through the enormous room.

Cheng Yu: ...

Lin Zhizhi: You're watching a romance anime???

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[Reading Guide]

1. Modern setting, one-on-one, both leads' first time, older man, happy ending.

2. The characters are entirely fictional and not based on anyone. Please check the author's note in Chapter 1 for content warnings.

3. This is my first book. People's ideas change with the times, and the character settings may be updated. Any malicious comments claiming the male lead has dated someone before and using that to accuse me of writing a sleazy man will be deleted. (I used to think someone approaching thirty with a CEO's status couldn't possibly have never dated, but now all my male leads are experiencing their first love, so rest assured. The ex is only mentioned in passing and never appears.) If you don't like it, please move on.

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