Summer Drowning Aftereffects

[Perfectionist relic-restorer gong x stubborn, tough-as-nails shou]

[Status gap, skin-tone contrast, size difference]

Some relic fragments were discovered beneath the waters of Greenwater Lake at the Fencheng Mausoleum in northern Fen, drawing a large number of archaeology and restoration experts to gather there.

But underwater salvage proved too difficult, and all the machines they brought became useless. In the end, they had no choice but to hire several local villagers who were excellent swimmers to retrieve the relics by hand.

It was the height of summer, and Gu Zhe, the restorer in charge of on-site coordination, accidentally fell into the water.

When he woke up, he realized that the first kiss he'd kept for twenty-six years had just vanished in a flash.

The person who stole his first kiss was one of the villagers in charge of the salvage.

They had spent more than half a month together, yet the man hadn't even looked him in the eye.

Ignoring him would have been one thing, but the man had not only stolen his first kiss, he even dared to ask him for money

Chuan Ziqing: "I saved your life. Four hundred yuan, cash."

Gu Zhe was utterly outraged. "What? My life is only worth four hundred yuan?!"

Fate had other plans

At a group dinner, the two people who couldn't stand each other somehow ended up in the same bed.

The next morning, Gu Zhe woke with conflicting feelings of satisfaction and regret.

But Chuan Ziqing was already fully dressed, his dark skin dotted with kiss marks.

You don't know how incredible those muscles feel until you've tried them!

Gu Zhe cleared his throat, about to offer a few disclaimers.

Chuan Ziqing: "Two thousand each time. That's ten thousand in total. Just transfer it to my account."

Gu Zhe nearly passed out from anger. "My life is worth four hundred, but your body costs two thousand a time?"

Later, Gu Zhe racked up a debt of 108,000 yuan and didn't have that much money on him, so he had to coax and wheedle Chuan Ziqing into coming home with him.

He paid his debt in kind, and the more he owed, the more it grew.

[Queen-and-dog-taming romance]

1. He asked for money twice but never took any. Little Chuan was just shy. ///..///

2. They can't stop thinking about each other, and the one who's stubborn has an even harder head.

3. I've left everyone a simple arithmetic problem at the end. Let's all condemn Gu Zhe's rude habit of not paying his debts!

[If this isn't your thing, please just spit once and walk away. Let us part in peace. The author is a coward in real life, and wrote this purely to vent.]

Theme: The more imperfect love is, the more perfect it becomes.