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After Xu Ying quit her job, the first thing she did was head to a small town in Jiangnan she had long dreamed of living in for a while.
Instead, she ran into the person she least wanted to see in this lifetime.
Gu Yichuan, her ex-boyfriend, had brushed off their three-year relationship with a casual, "We're not right for each other," when they broke up.
Now, not only was Gu Yichuan a tour guide in this town, he had somehow become her personal guide, too.
That very night, Xu Ying called the travel agency with a cold expression. "Are you out of guides or something? I want a different one!"
The customer service representative replied with an apologetic smile, "Mr. Gu is our best tour guide..."
The best?
He was anything but the best when he broke up with her beneath a cherry tree six years ago, on the day she failed her graduate school entrance exam!
So Xu Ying decided to turn this trip into a workplace nightmare for Gu Yichuan.
But Gu Yichuan was like a stubborn plaster that just wouldn't come off.
She deliberately took a wrong turn, and he was already waiting at the intersection, holding up a sign that said, "Road Closed."
She chose the trickiest angles for her photos, and he always managed to get into the shot, flashing a peace sign.
Even when she wanted a late-night snack, he somehow came up with a steaming bowl of wontons.
"Gu Yichuan, do you have nothing better to do?"
"Yeah." He picked up the bracelet she'd dropped and fastened it around her wrist again. "You still kept it."
Later, Xu Ying discovered that Gu Yichuan had carefully kept an old photo of her in his wallet.
He had even quietly taken over the teahouse in the old town she'd mentioned in passing, and run it for three years.
He'd even heard the news that she was quitting her job after asking around through several channels.
Xu Ying: ...Is there something seriously wrong with this man?
[Reading Guide]
1. Art gallery consultant x rugged tour guide (each other's first love, both virgins)
2. Rekindled romance + a long road to winning her back
3. Enjoy life. Don't be a donkey forever turning a millstone.
4. Overall, funny, lighthearted, and sweet, but with angsty moments. Happy ending.
Theme: Love life, love freedom
