[Researcher]: Shen Lanyue
[Research Subject]: Romance between oneself and others.
P.S. Ideally with Song Weichen. She has feelings for him that humans might call "liking."
[Collaborating Researcher]: Ji Huaishen.
P.S. He offered to help her pursue Song Weichen. She might as well give it a try.
[Research Prospects]: The nature of love remains a subject of endless debate. Neuroscientists believe it is the secretion of dopamine. Literary scholars believe it is a hand that wants to reach out, then pulls back. Ancient Greek philosophers devoted entire treatises to the seven forms of love. I will conduct a firsthand study of romance with a rigorous scientific attitude, seeking to arrive at conclusions universally applicable to society.
[Research Content]:
1.
Shen Lanyue wore flamboyant, brightly colored clothes and circled the laboratory building several times.
Song Weichen happened to pass by, never looking her way. The last time, he said coolly, "Didn't you read the lab manual? Why aren't you wearing a lab coat?"
Shen Lanyue secretly recorded:
Male birds use bright plumage to court their mates. Clearly, this tactic doesn't work well on human males.
2.
Practice requires theoretical guidance. Shen Lanyue eagerly read a famous romance novel aimed at women and announced that she had learned her lesson.
One day, she stopped Song Weichen, braced one hand against the wall, and leaned in. "Man, you've successfully caught my attention."
Song Weichen was expressionless. "You're stepping on my foot."
Looking into his utterly unfazed eyes, Shen Lanyue silently shook her head.
Practice is always at odds with theory. It seems love is no different.
3.
The collaborating researcher, Ji Huaishen, summed up the researcher's various behaviors in one word: idiot.
He came up with a new plan, plotting every step carefully.
"Love is a game of playing hard to get."
"Look up at me."
Shen Lanyue met Ji Huaishen's eyes, their gaze dark and deep.
Like a rainy night in spring, with gentle ripples on the water.
At that moment, Shen Lanyue felt as if she had touched something that might be love, though it remained indistinct.
But strangely, the person wasn't the one she liked.
So, was a fluttering heart not exclusive? Love was complicated.
[Preliminary Results]:
The researcher was sighing wistfully. "How on earth can I win him over?"
Song Weichen happened to pass by, fresh from the lab and still wearing his white coat, sleeves rolled up slightly. His expression was meaningful.
"If you don't keep trying, how will you know the result?"
[Midterm Progress]:
The collaborating researcher, Ji Huaishen, has displayed a series of unstable behaviors, including gloominess, irritability, and sarcastic remarks. He has demanded that the researcher end the project of pursuing Song Weichen and change the research subject.
[Research Difficulties]: ...Oh no, they're fighting!
Shen Lanyue: Σ(っ °Д °;)っ
A steel-hearted research fanatic heroine x a scheming younger rich heir x an elegant, self-possessed academic authority
Blurb dated 2023.10.13
Theme: Love yourself before loving someone else.
