From Looking Up to Standing Side by Side

[Genius programmer x cold venture capital boss] Jian Yao only wants to be a quiet, unassuming young woman and get through college without drawing attention. Instead, venture capitalist and specially appointed professor Ling Hao discovers her hidden talent. He drops her into the National College Student IT Innovation Competition. Faced with the overwhelming might of internet industry giants, her pride is roused. She wins a stunning victory and makes a name for herself, causing a sensation across the industry. All kinds of influential people come after her. Industry bigwigs use every trick in the book to try to buy her out, leading academics offer her opportunities, and even her childhood friend, whom she hasn't seen in years, comes looking for her: "Yaoyao, can we start over?" But she goes to Ling Hao and says, "You once said you wanted to find a seed with potential. I want to know if I'm worthy of your investment now." Ling Hao studies her, as if weighing her resolve and courage. She looks up and meets his gaze without flinching. He smiles faintly, and the ice in his eyes begins to melt. "All right. I'll invest in you." At the time, Ling Hao could never have imagined that the seed would blossom in his hands into a dazzling flower and become the most precious thing in his heart. At the time, Jian Yao could never have imagined that the unattainable Ling, like the moon in the sky, would descend to the mortal world for her and clear a path through every obstacle. Later, Jian Yao's goal is to become a successful top entrepreneur like Mark Zuckerberg. Then she can stand beside her boyfriend, dressed in a bespoke suit, wearing a programmer's T-shirt, without worrying what people on the street think! My new novel, She Marked N S-Rank Sentinels, is now available. Here's the blurb: After the apocalypse, humanity split into two factions: The White Tower, a paradise for guides and a refuge for sentinels. Female guides hold power. By deeply marking male sentinels, they control them. Sentinels are their swords and shields. The Fortress, an empire of sentinels and a prison for guides. There, guides have no rights and are classified as strategic resources: tools for providing sentinels with emotional comfort and mental cleansing. Xia Yi is the youngest S-rank guide in the White Tower. On the battlefield, she can temporarily mark multiple sentinels and command them to fight together as a unit. She can also deeply mark multiple sentinels, making them submit to her and obey her absolutely. The Fortress's sentinels fear her deeply. They call her a witch and name her their most dangerous enemy. The supreme commander personally signs her death warrant: if she's spotted, kill her at once, with no mercy. Years later, he eats his words. At the peace negotiations between the White Tower and the Fortress, the man who once vowed to kill her personally proposes this condition: he wants to become her final exclusive sentinel. Xia Yi is utterly perplexed. She's a sweet, gentle girl who spends every day worrying over trivial matters. How did she become a witch who strikes terror into the enemy nation's sentinels? Her greatest dream is simply to curl up in her own sentinel's arms and enjoy a peaceful autumn dream. It's just... why does she have more and more exclusive sentinels? Theme: An equal love between kindred souls