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Lin Lumian is desperate. Her mother is seriously ill, her family property has been seized, and her awful girlfriend has cheated on her. With nowhere else to turn, she follows her best friend's suggestion and goes on a blind date.
According to her friend, the person she'd arranged was a little older than her, but came from a wealthy family and knew how to treat people well. He fit her requirements perfectly.
But when she arrived at the cafe, she recognized her blind date at a glance: her visiting professor from last semester, a brilliant scholar borrowed from a nearby university.
"I understood every word in your thesis, but how did they turn into an unrecyclable piece of academic garbage when you put them together?"
"You even put three layers of passwords on this academic garbage? Is it gold-plated?"
"Thank goodness I'm only a few years older than you. Otherwise, you'd have angered me into meeting the King of Hell a few years earlier."
Remembering the scathing comments on her paper, Lin Lumian couldn't imagine how Jun Fuqing could be good at treating people. And because of the relationship between their mothers when they were children, they'd even lived under the same roof for a while. Jun Fuqing had almost become her stepsister.
What an awkward turn of events. They really were enemies destined to meet, and things had only gotten more uncomfortable.
Lin Lumian thought Jun Fuqing would mock her, but instead...
She coldly tossed over a prenuptial agreement. "Sign it. Move in within three days."
Lin Lumian: This is so rash...
Jun Fuqing: Is 500,000 a month for living expenses not enough? Should I add another zero?
Lin Lumian: ... How much?!
Sign! She'd sign right now!
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Married life wasn't much different from before.
Lin Lumian used the money to treat her mother. The rest of the time, she went between the villa, school, and the library. Her wife, the renowned professor, didn't like coming home and preferred to send money. It was a peaceful, hassle-free life.
The only real change came one evening when Jun Fuqing happened to be home resting, and they had dinner together. Lin Lumian's best friend called to comfort her, saying the person she'd set her up with had been dating several people at once and had even gotten his face scratched. She told Lin Lumian not to be upset, and promised to find her someone better next time.
Lin Lumian: ???
Looking at Jun Fuqing's flawless face, Lin Lumian realized she'd definitely mistaken her for her blind date that day. Jun Fuqing couldn't possibly have been the person she was supposed to meet!
Jun Fuqing, however, had no idea. She picked the bones out of a fish and placed the meat in Lin Lumian's bowl, then made a request: They'd been married for days, so it was about time Lin Lumian fulfilled her wifely duties that night.
Lin Lumian: What...?!
After that night, she woke up exhausted with swollen eyes almost every morning. She knew it wouldn't be easy to live off her wife's money!
~
Jun Fuqing knew she was cold and indifferent by nature, but to her, Lin Lumian was a flower she had to keep in sight, just so she could admire her.
Back in their girlhood, Lin Lumian had called her "Big Sis." Even then, Jun Fuqing knew she couldn't escape her fate: she would become Lin Lumian's devoted servant and taste every joy and sorrow of love.
Now she'd finally gotten what she wanted. Day and night, she could pluck that flower and savor it as she pleased.
An academic lightweight with a heart of stone as the pursuer x a wealthy, versatile, top scholar in the field as the pursued
Theme: Learning to love and be loved through spending time together.