Willingly Lost in You

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Straightforward, sweet art teacher vs. stoic, burly rescue team captain

Marriage first, love later / Small-town romance / Size difference / Wolf-and-rabbit couple

1. Zhong Ning is an art teacher at First Elementary School. She's sweet-natured and beautiful, and her coworkers are always eager to set her up on blind dates. The man sitting across from her is a former soldier, over 190 centimeters tall, with a buzz cut, tan skin, and a stern, chiseled face. There's also a faint scar near his brow, and the muscles straining beneath his black T-shirt look ready to burst out. Zhong Ning is so intimidated that her calves tremble several times.

The next day, Zhong Ning sends her matchmaker a reply: "We're not a good match. He's too fierce. I mean, too tall."

2. Jiang Yuzhou served in the military for eight years. After leaving the army, he joined a rescue team. He's highly capable and well-regarded in his field, but when it comes to marriage, he's clueless. With no other choice, his family starts arranging blind dates for him. His match is an elementary school teacher with a stable job and a sweet face, fresh and delicate as a little white rabbit. He instinctively refuses. "No, we wouldn't suit each other."

How wouldn't they suit each other?

"She's so... and I'm so..."

Jiang Yuzhou stretches out his arms and gestures a couple of times, his face turning red. "Anyway, we just wouldn't suit each other."

3. Lately, Jiang's coworkers have noticed that their iron-faced Captain Jiang is acting strangely. He used to give them a lecture after every rescue mission, and anyone who performed poorly had to do extra training. Now he can hardly wait to be the first one home. Then they see a petite figure standing on a chair in the captain's office, hands on her hips, while their captain gets scolded like a little schoolboy and grins as he shamelessly begs for a kiss.

His coworkers: ...

Only after they get married does Jiang Yuzhou realize that all his worries about them being "unsuitable" were completely unnecessary. They suit each other in every way, and they're perfectly in sync in every position.

Bonus scene:

Shortly after Jiang Yuzhou left the army, he started livestreaming his workouts online. One girl in the comments was especially bold, calling him "husband" for a whole month. Later, he accidentally discovered that she was using one of Zhong Ning's alt accounts. Jiang Yuzhou smirked. "Wife, if you like this kind of thing, why didn't you say so earlier? You made me wait all this time."

Reading guide:

Slice of life, slow burn.

The male and female leads are devoted only to each other, both physically and emotionally.

Pure sweetness, no angst.

The rescue team in this story is fictionalized, so please don't scrutinize the details.

Theme: Meeting you in the quiet moments of everyday life.