You, Be My Girlfriend

On the first day rich second-generation Xia Yan joins her older sister's company, she runs into the ex-girlfriend who dumped her five years ago.

Her ex is taller and prettier now, with an even cooler, more elegant air. She's also become a key member of the company's research and development team, a genius beyond the reach of ordinary people, a lofty flower on a distant peak.

Xia Yan's response:

"Hah, spit!!!"

She's not interested in getting back together with an ex.

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Everyone at the company knows Sang Lin can't stand the young Miss Xia.

Sang Lin worked her way up for years, finally reaching the company's executive ranks, only to be overshadowed by a useless, pretty rich kid who'd just returned from overseas and been parachuted into the company.

Who could put up with that?

Especially someone as proud as Sang Lin, who never bows her head.

But at a project celebration banquet, the camera pans across a corner of the hall, and someone with a sharp eye spots her.

Drunk and misty-eyed, Sang Lin faces Xia Yan, her eyes full of blazing emotion she can't hide.

She seems to want to pull the person before her into her arms, but restrains herself so completely that she doesn't move any closer.

A diamond-bright tear slips from the corner of her eye. Her lips silently form the words:

"...Yanyan, I'm sorry."

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It seems everyone assumes that a genius technician like Sang Lin must have been a darling of heaven since childhood, growing up surrounded by everyone's hopes and attention.

That's not true.

Sang Lin's childhood was unbearably painful.

And back then, when she was young, alone, and at the end of her rope, Xia Yan appeared before her and gave her the only glimmer of light she had.

The girl sat on the bed, swinging her clean, pale feet as she kicked Sang Lin's shoulder. Her voice was so casual: "Hey, I'll take care of your debt. My one condition is that you become my girlfriend."

"Deal?"

Young Sang Lin heard only the haughty, casual tone,

without noticing the nervousness and sincerity hidden beneath it.

So she swallowed her humiliation and nodded:

"Deal."

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[When they were young: Arrogant heiress x Poor mechanic]

[As adults: Tsundere x Ice queen]

From school to the workplace, with a groveling-ex trope

Theme: Treasure every sincere relationship