He Waits for His Chance

Healing / Second male lead takes the lead / Unrequited love comes true / Getting revenge on scumbags

Zhou Yan spent four years married to Li Mingyou, supporting her husband, raising their child, and dutifully caring for her in-laws.

In the end, all she got in return was his affair and betrayal.

After the divorce, Zhou Yan rented a place with her daughter and found a job at a convenience store. Their life was poor but fulfilling.

For a while, she thought she'd spend the rest of her life relying on her daughter and her daughter on her.

That was until one day, the owner of the antique shop next door came over to borrow a mop.

At twenty-seven, Zhan Yuanzhou was taller and broader than he'd been in high school. His black tank top outlined his bulging muscles, and he had a cigarette between his lips, giving him a devil-may-care air.

The man greeted her with a charming smile. "What a coincidence, Zhou girl."

After that, the antique shop owner got hooked on borrowing things. A broom today, a dustpan tomorrow, a phone charger the day after... One day, he even set his sights on the seaweed rice balls Zhou Yan had made.

Zhou Yan glared at him speechlessly, but the man grinned without a trace of guilt. "To make things fair, I'll pick Yueyue up for you from now on."

Not long after, Zhan Yuanzhou made another offer. "I'll make sure Yueyue takes first place at the parents' sports day."

Later, when her daughter had a high fever that wouldn't come down in the middle of the night, the man drove them to the hospital through the rain. When their landlord bullied them, he bundled the guy off to the police station in no time. The notoriously spoiled heir to the Zhan family even happily pretended to be a pig for her daughter to ride...

After her divorce, Zhou Yan never planned to marry again.

Besides, Zhan Yuanzhou had been a classmate of hers and Li Mingyou's in high school.

Until one night, the ever-proud Young Master Zhan, emboldened by drink, slipped a ring onto her ring finger. His voice was humble yet stubborn. "I was the one who fell for you first..."

The female lead is not a virgin, the male lead is. She is one year older than him.

Cool, resilient, and aloof older woman × carefree, devoted younger man

Serialization locked on May 20, 2026.

Theme: Never give up hope.