After Breaking Off My Engagement, My Partner Came to Plant Potatoes

#Martian farming story #Running from an arranged marriage is a thrill #Chasing the runaway bride (?)

#A ruthless, cold-hearted big shot who gets jealous of potatoes vs. a rebellious, childish, fussy scientist

#Does building infrastructure and falling in love in an abandoned Martian city count as a research project?

Professor Li Connie, a star botanist on Mars, is best at growing food where it seems impossible.

She also has an even more famous label: the most stubborn opponent of the genetic matchmaking system.

When the System matches her with a retired S+ ranked officer about to enter politics, everyone thinks it's a match made in heaven.

"The best genetic pairing in history!" "Their children are bound to change humanity's future!"

Her colleagues urge her, "Connie, this is a legal obligation. No one is exempt."

Her friends envy her. "A partner with this kind of compatibility! You'll fall in love at first sight!"

Looking at his resume in the file, where every rank is one level above hers, Professor Li smiles faintly and chooses to run from the wedding.

Her defiant words as she puts herself to the test: "If my uterus has to be responsible for humanity, I should've studied postpartum care for sows!"

Where can she run? Above ground, into an abandoned city, a dead corner of civilization filled with radiation, thin air, and silence.

Perfect! She'll build her own kingdom in the ruins, with potatoes for company, where she'll be completely safe.

She's a top botanist, able to make life break through Martian soil with the most rudimentary tools.

Running from the wedding brings an unexpected bonus: a quiet, strong, obedient, hardworking man volunteers to help.

He's strong enough to clear collapsed steel beams with his bare hands.

He listens carefully and never goes against her instructions.

He's so diligent he can stay up all night plowing the fields.

And the way he looks at her is always filled with an indescribable focus and... admiration?

Lester, formerly Mars's strongest intelligence officer and commander, is about to enter politics and strictly follows order and rules.

Being matched with a star scientist is one move in his carefully planned life.

But his pawn ran away.

He goes undercover in the ruins she chose, carrying out his mission.

Once able to trek across Mars on foot, he loosens soil, digs holes, builds greenhouses and constructs a base, watching her smile with satisfaction, her face smudged with dirt.

He enjoys the strange tranquility, playing the role of her gentle, reliable "farmer."

Until she gets "drunk" on potatoes and boasts triumphantly to him:

"Dude, let me tell you! I ran away from my wedding to the chairman's son! Pretty impressive, huh?"

"..."

The man's hands pause over the nuclear reactor program he's writing. He looks up at her.

Connie recklessly brags about her runaway bride plan, while the man's gentle docility gradually evaporates, leaving only a predator's deep, shadowy gaze.

He slowly curls his lips into the cold smile from his file photo.

"Mm. Impressive."

"Then let me officially inform you, my dear 'partner.'"

"You are under arrest for illegally cultivating land and stealing nuclear energy. Your betrothed has the law on his side."

Connie: "..."

If she gives him all the potatoes, with a yield of ten thousand jin per mu, can she still make a run for it?

Theme: Love, not genes, is what creates miracles