Should I Get a Boyfriend or a Dog?

Wen Jinxing was the kind of kid other parents wished they had: handsome, an outstanding student, admitted to a top university, and groomed into an elite professional. He became a law firm partner while still young, so perfect he seemed incapable of making a mistake.

Yet on his twenty-eighth birthday, he suddenly grew tired of living such a model life and wanted to rebel for once.

That night, two things happened.

First: he found a foolish dog that had gotten lost.

Second: the designated driver he hired had long hair, an ear stud, a tattoo on his arm, and a rough, roguish air. He was exactly the sort of person Wen Jinxing would never normally associate with, yet handsome enough to be a poster model, making him perfect for this sudden fit of rebellion.

His one-night stand was gentle and considerate, with impressive assets and skills in bed.

It was practically a perfect night.

Wen Jinxing thought it would be a fleeting affair, a goodbye at dawn.

But when he opened his eyes the next morning, he realized the man was actually a high school classmate he hadn't seen in ten years.

His name was Cen Ye. He had been a poor student and a sports major, and though they'd been in the same class for three years, they'd barely interacted.

After learning that Cen Ye's sports degree had made finding work difficult, and that he was now scraping by with odd jobs like driving people home, Wen Jinxing offered him a salary of five thousand yuan to walk his dog and drive him to and from work.

Cen Ye readily agreed.

Cen Ye did his job with admirable diligence.

He didn't just walk the dog and drive. He also warmed the bed and made breakfast.

A few months later, Wen Jinxing belatedly realized that paying only five thousand yuan for such high-quality service made him look like a heartless capitalist.

He was about to discuss a raise when he accidentally came across some old photos in Cen Ye's phone gallery.

In one, Cen Ye was lying on the vast lawn in front of a villa, with a golden retriever beside him.

In another, he was driving a Porsche convertible, with the same dog in a child safety seat in the back.

And that golden retriever was the very dog he'd found the night he met Cen Ye. He'd posted lost-dog notices for months, but nobody had come to claim the foolish thing.

What?!

I've been paying you five thousand yuan a month to walk your own dog?

So which one of us is the heartless capitalist?

Cen Ye: I can explain.

Wen Jinxing: Ha!

Cen Ye had once liked someone: an untouchable beauty on a high peak, and the shameful subject of his midnight fantasies.

Later, his dream came true.

A prim, proud, tsundere elite who acts tough (top student and lawyer) VS a gentle, scheming rogue (poor student and racing driver)

Reunion after years apart, unrequited love, sex first, love later.

Theme: Be brave enough to be yourself