Don’t Pick Up Fallen Joys

[Pretend-straight, gentle boss VS scheming, lovesick sweetheart]

#The luckiest thing of all is meeting someone who guides your soul#

Chi Xingwan: A design director whose company is rushing her to launch a product

Si Nan: An intern from a prestigious university whom the company is about to dismiss

Two clearly separate paths intersect at a single point because of a transfer.

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The four ironclad rules of workplace survival:

Don't overthink, don't open up, don't cross boundaries, don't fall in love.

Chi Xingwan has always treated these four rules as her universal guide, until...

She meets her.

A very sweet and well-behaved intern.

On the second night after they met, Chi Xingwan carried her home!

"Want to take a shower?"

Si Nan looked at her, sitting properly and obediently. "If it's inconvenient for you, Xingwan-jie..."

"It's getting late, and it's still raining outside. How about... you stay the night?"

The words were barely out of Chi Xingwan's mouth when she froze on the spot.

She's usually so professional, so good at maintaining boundaries with her colleagues. How could she have those kinds of naughty thoughts about someone she'd only just met?

She must have been suppressing herself for too many years! She was hungry.

Yes, hungry.

Hungry enough to take anything she could get.

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When prey is hesitant and afraid, the worst thing to do is chase.

Be patient. Be harmless.

Si Nan lowered her brows and stared at the person before her, letting her tears fall.

"Big sister, I'm scared. I'm really scared."

"Big sister, do you think he'll kill me?"

"Big sister, can you stay with me?"

Unfortunate, weak, a victim.

These labels were the most likely to inspire pity in others, especially someone like Big Sister, who had a strong sense of justice and a kind heart.

So she had to keep clinging to her. Hold on tight.

Reading Guide:

1. Pretend-straight, gentle boss VS scheming, lovesick sweetheart

2. Someone once held an umbrella over me. Now I want to hold one over you.

3. Sweet, super sweet, incredibly sweet

4. They meet at work. There is a lot of workplace drama at first, but it'll soon be behind us

Theme: Leave the past behind and embrace the future