The Starstruck Pentagram

[Cool, flirtatious university German lecturer and sommelier x earnest, gentle, insecure deliveryman with a nurturing streak]

Older man, six-year age gap, and the male lead is an amazing cook (in every sense).

They knew each other when they were young, and now they're rekindling their relationship.

After Yu Li is hospitalized for drinking herself sick over a breakup, her aunt hires a housekeeper for her. To her surprise, the person who shows up is the deliveryman from her neighborhood, the one who blushes whenever he sees her.

Terrified of falling in love and of lasting, intimate relationships, Yu Li grows cold, distant, and evasive when Jiang Yu returns to school in his thirties and gets into her university to be closer to her. She deliberately keeps him at arm's length.

Later, at a noodle shop in the countryside, she corners Jiang Yu on the path behind the kitchen.

The man pretends to be calm, but the hand holding his cigarette trembles despite himself.

Yu Li rises on tiptoe and cups his face. She came to demand an explanation for why Jiang Yu left without a word, yet she is the first to burst into tears. "If you're really avoiding me, then don't pretend to be someone else when you chat with me."

Yu Li has let one person slip away four times.

Her sense of taste is naturally more sensitive than most people's. All she remembers is this:

The first time she met him, he offered her candied hawthorn. It tasted sweet.

The second time, he plucked an ear of wheat in the fields. It tasted green and astringent.

The third time, they went no further than a taste. Tears and sweat mingled, tasting both sweet and sour.

The fourth time, he seemed like a rotting fruit, heady with fragrance and the scent of alcohol, yet bitter to the taste.

The fifth time, she finally stopped losing him, and at last understood why he was so determined to figure out that German word.

She had even laughed at his clumsy pronunciation.

"Augestern."

Before she turned twelve, Yu Li had a star-shaped birthmark on her face.

"Bist Mein Augestern." And you are the only star in my eyes.

PS:

The female lead is not a virgin; the male lead is. Their first time was with each other.

The female lead has some mental health issues early on, but gets better later.

Includes a very slight groveling arc with the male lead chasing the female lead.

A guaranteed happy ending, so read without worry~

Theme: Becoming a better person for love