Ten Thousand Apples

Going VIP on April 8

A fairytale romance in a rented apartment | A sweet bedtime treat | Tsundere, soft-hearted ER doctor x gentle, scheming pastry chef

The silly blurb:

"You mean you finished a night shift looking like a mess, and this tall, handsome guy with broad shoulders and a slim waist was waiting outside the ER with your favorite dessert to pick you up?"

"That's right."

"Are you dreaming, or am I still asleep?"

The serious blurb:

1. Wen Lixia is a newly hired emergency room doctor. Her life in a nutshell: stable, broke, and stably broke.

Watching her entire paycheck disappear into her landlord's pocket before she can even earn a little interest on it, she decides to find a roommate to split the rent.

The landlady is delighted to agree, and the next day she brings a new tenant over.

The young man is wearing an apron that accentuates his lean waist. He reaches out to her with a delicate snow-mei-niang dessert in his palm.

Absolutely not!

Even if he tries to bribe her with her favorite little cake...

2. Wen Lixia is suspended.

It all started that day, when she had no backbone and accepted the snow-mei-niang the young man offered her. But she never expected it to be filled with mango.

No emergency doctor can escape the mystical curse of mango on a shift. That night, she was so busy she could barely think, rushing around until she accidentally earned a complaint.

There goes her entire salary.

Her "new grudge" and "old grudge" are no match for the harsh reality, and Wen Lixia has no choice but to grit her teeth and agree to share the apartment.

3. Ever since Wen Lixia agreed to share the apartment with Pu Yu, her life hasn't turned into the hassle she'd imagined.

On the contrary, thanks to his thoughtfulness in every respect, by the time she realizes it, he has already slipped into her life without her noticing.

"I'm off to work."

Pu Yu comes over with a smile and hands her a box. Inside the clear cake box is a bright red apple.

"No mango today?" Wen Lixia teases.

"It's Christmas Eve. I hope you have a safe night," Pu Yu says, lowering his head to give her a gentle kiss at the corner of her lips. "And I hope you'll always be safe and sound."

Bonus scene:

Pu Yu: I'll give you cake. Don't kick me out (puppy eyes)

Wen Lixia: Just move out already!!!

Nurse on duty: Who ate mango today? Why are there so many patients!

Wen Lixia: It definitely wasn't me. (licks lips) (still tastes sweet and mango-y) (looks down guiltily) (smiles innocently)

Next up: I'm Great at Ruining Blind Dates

/Marriage First, Love Later

Ning Yuan has deliberately ruined thirty-two blind dates and is now preparing to ruin the thirty-third.

Today's blind date is practically a rare find in the dating market: handsome, graceful, wealthy, and always ready to accommodate her.

But unfortunately, her employer has other plans.

Ning Yuan takes a deep breath. "I'm not into men. I have a girlfriend."

He nods slowly, pulls a piece of paper from his pocket, and slides it across the table. "That works out. I only need the marriage to be real on paper."

Ning Yuan looks down.

A marriage contract? Family dinners every two weeks, pretend to live together, no marital obligations, a monthly salary of 100,000, and an apartment when it's over?

"...Huh?"

Before she can refuse, the man stands up. "You can contact me if you change your mind, Miss Li."

Ning Yuan immediately opens Xianyu and bombards her friend with voice messages:

"It's over, girl, I ruined it!"

"No, wait, I didn't ruin it. He likes you!"

"Actually, no... He wants to marry you under a contract!"

But Ning Yuan never expected that she'd end up getting involved in this marriage herself.

Theme: Being together is the best life we could ask for.