His name was Ni Xingzhi. At a very young age, he stood at the university lectern teaching Introductory Astrophysics.
He was exactly the kind of willful lecturer who could simply go home and inherit a fortune if academia didn't work out.
She was a student who slacked off at university. After skipping class for an entire semester, she got a failing grade from him.
"You're not cut out for astrophysics. You should consider changing majors."
His cold words left her so heartbroken she could barely breathe. From then on, she never skipped class or left early again, and spent every day studying hard in the library.
All to prove one thing: "I am cut out for astrophysics."
*
Years later, she returned home after earning her degree and publishing two papers in Nature. As was inevitable, her family pressured her into a matchmaking date.
She deliberately arrived late, hoping to annoy the other person enough to make him leave.
But by the riverside window seat sat a man, impeccably dressed, with sharp features and a familiar coolness and keen edge in his eyes.
She sat at the next table and greeted him.
"Professor Ni, are you meeting someone too?"
He smiled calmly and casually tapped the tabletop in front of him with his fingertips.
"An Nan, I didn't expect you to still be late after all these years."
She had been late to his class years ago, and now she was late to her matchmaking date with him.
At that moment, An Nan's blood froze as she realized her date was none other than him.
*
Both leads study physics. While their teacher-student relationship was in effect, there were no romantic feelings or intimate interactions whatsoever.
One-on-one romance, happy ending, both leads' first relationship.
2023.11.15
Core message: The macro and the micro.
