Smitten with Love

Shortly before graduation, Ji Xiangwan found an internship. It was listed as caregiving, but in practice meant eating, playing, and chatting with the client. He jokingly called it a three-in-one gig.

His new boss was wonderful: beautiful, kind, generous, and gentle. Ji Xiangwan was very happy with the job. After a one-month trial period, he was officially hired. But when he looked at the marriage agreement in his hands, which should have been an employment contract, he realized he’d fallen into a trap.

Just as he thought he was about to become the protagonist of a novel, starring in a love triangle where he loved someone who loved someone else who loved someone else, his new boss, Yan Huinan, smiled slightly and said, “Mr. Ji, please marry me and become the heir to my fortune.”

Overnight, Ji Xiangwan went from an ordinary college student to a wealthy man, entering high society and reaching the pinnacle of life.

If the story had stayed on track, this would have been the start of a wish-fulfillment tale about a windfall from the heavens.

Yan Huinan was dying. Before he died, he wanted to find an heir to inherit his house, cats and dogs, servants, life, world... and himself.

If there had been no more to the story, it would have been a happy ending where his final wish came true.

But their paths crossed, and somehow, love crept in.

*

The first time Ji Xiangwan met Yan Huinan, he thought the man was just like his name: a little swallow raised at home, fragile, harmless, and innocent.

Later, he realized that even the smallest swallow had weathered countless storms and could hold its own through them. It was all too easy for Ji Xiangwan to fall into a trap and become his prey.

For more than twenty years, Yan Huinan’s greatest hardship had been the illness he was born with. Later, Ji Xiangwan became his tribulation.

*

One day, Yan Huinan was reading when he suddenly said, “In countless works of literature, death is often linked to eternity, and eternity is often linked to love.”

Ji Xiangwan asked, “Do you think there’s no such thing as eternity in this world, and you can only love me until your life ends?”

Yan Huinan smiled and kissed him. “No. I mean that when life comes to a halt at the moment of death, it becomes eternal.”

And I will love you for eternity.

A college student with maxed-out luck x a wealthy man who’s running out of time and loves throwing money around

An ordinary story about life and love. Overall, a sweet romance.

※The story focuses solely on the couple’s relationship, with a balanced amount of screen time for both leads. The male lead really is sick. He’ll probably receive treatment by the end, but I likely won’t write about him being cured.

※The blurb is nonsense, and the story is nonsense with a serious side. It’s somewhat literary, written for myself out of love.

Theme: Never give up hope