Fireworks in Broad Daylight

Sly, ambitious female CEO x aloof, repressed hopeless romantic, male antique book restorer

Question: What is love?

A big shot at an entertainment company: Love is a feeling. The feeling I get when I see him makes me happy.

An antique book restorer: Love is a moment. The moment I saw her, I knew she was the one.

Ever since they got together, Jiang Yu has always taken it for granted that his girlfriend is the domineering CEO, and he’s her darling boy.

His CEO girlfriend’s affection includes, but is not limited to: giving him a custom-tailored suit on their first date, sorting out a problem for his cousin before they were even together, and moving straight into the most expensive place near his home after they started dating...

She’s just like the domineering CEOs in all those clichéd novels, except the genders are reversed. She gives him the most expensive and best gifts, pays attention to his feelings, and takes an interest in his work and daily life. He, too, grows more and more accustomed to being the heroine of a novel.

He doesn’t care what people around him say, whether they mean well or ill. Even knowing that her family and work will always come before him, he understands that their relationship didn’t begin because she was the only one indulging herself. They both lost control. After all, he was the one who approached her with ulterior motives from the very beginning.

Upcoming novel: Are You There? Show Me Your Abs

As a second-year medical student, Lin Zhao has come to understand the famous eight-character saying all too well: “Encourage people to study medicine, and heaven will strike them down!”

She’s constantly swinging between frantically studying and banging her head against a wall. Who studies medicine without going crazy?

Finally, one night when she was on the verge of a breakdown, Lin Zhao posted on Weibo:

“I want to study the human abdominal muscle groups in depth. Preferably with clearly defined contours. I have no ulterior motives. I’m contributing to medicine.”

As soon as she posted it, a kind netizen liked it and commented: I’d like to contribute.

Lin Zhao thought the person was just talking big, but they sent her a private message right away. Lin Zhao was practically drooling.

Study? Fine, she’d study right now!

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Back in high school, Gu You fell for a younger schoolmate. He took the entrance exam for University C because of her, planning to pursue her fiercely once she started college. But her wild posts online scared him so much that he didn’t dare meet her in person.

He posted on Zhihu:

“What should I do? The person I like knows me, but doesn’t completely know me. How should I confess? I’m in a real hurry, waiting for answers online.”

Reader’s guide:

1. The heroine is a thoroughly ambitious schemer. She’s guarded around the hero at first, and she doesn’t become a lovesick fool later on.

2. This isn’t a gender-bender story, but the heroine is in a position of dominance in terms of wealth, power, and the relationship.

3. The heroine’s romantic history won’t be described in detail, but she isn’t sexually inexperienced.

4. The story involves the entertainment industry. The media battles and business wars are pure nonsense and extremely unprofessional.

Theme: A career-minded woman falls in love, and a person with autism searches for companionship.