Steady and unassuming x arrogant sharp-tongue
If you asked twenty-seven-year-old Shao Gu what he was least afraid of losing,
he would definitely say that he was least afraid of losing Xi Ran.
So when he turned twenty-eight, he received a text message:
Happy birthday, Shao Gu. May everything go your way.
Sender: Xi Ran
When Shao Gu got the message, he wondered if this meant she wanted to make up with him.
But he had no intention of letting her have her way so easily.
On his overnight trip back from abroad, Shao Gu came up with a hundred ways to rein in Xi Ran, so she would stop making him angry at the drop of a hat.
But when he opened the door, the place was empty.
Xi Ran had left without a second thought.
She hadn't taken a single thing he'd given her, from a tiny hair tie to the house and car.
It reminded Shao Gu of their first year of knowing each other.
Xi Ran, who had always seemed ordinary and unremarkable to him.
Xi Ran, whose days passed in a neat, predictable routine.
Xi Ran, who quietly blended into the crowd, so inconspicuous that sometimes he forgot she was even there, had made the unprecedented move of recommending herself as his girlfriend in name only.
He asked her what she was after.
Xi Ran's excuse was that she needed money.
A lot of money.
For Shao Gu, anything that could be solved with money was a simple matter. Given their circumstances, he should have refused, but he didn't.
At the outset, Shao Gu had never considered making Xi Ran his girlfriend.
Their relationship would involve too many complications, and he found that troublesome.
He didn't like trouble.
But Heaven likes to throw out the script.
One evening, the person who had promised never to show up again was standing before him.
Fed up with all the entanglement, Shao Gu decided to drop the pretense and settle things once and for all.
Just as he was about to speak, Xi Ran walked up beside him and linked her arm through his.
She looked calm, but the hand clasped in his was tense.
In that instant, Shao Gu thought that Xi Ran, who seemed as timid as a mouse to him, might actually be rather interesting.
Enter with caution if you have many triggers. Both leads are non-virgins.
Theme: Live well
