An Yu was an ordinary office worker earning 8,000 yuan a month. Three thousand went to rent and five thousand to food and drink. After a year of working while spending more than she earned, she finally began to rethink how she was getting by.
In City A, every inch of land was worth a fortune. There was only so much she could cut from her rent, so she had to work harder to save on food. Then she stumbled across the group-order meal feature, and it felt like salvation.
From then on, her daily expenses plummeted. The poor packaging and skimpy portions that people complained about on social media only happened during the first few days, and An Yu was quite satisfied. She even met a great buddy in a local group-buy chat. Every day around mealtime, they would discuss what to order together.
Although most of the time, it went like this:
Her: [Want rice noodles?]
FY: [1]
Her: [Want malatang?]
FY: [1]
Then An Yu would send him the order link and wait for the group order to go through.
An Yu had always assumed that this quiet but food-compatible buddy was another miserable office worker.
Until one day, she went downstairs to pick up her takeout. A delivery worker who didn't quite look like a delivery worker handed her two orders from the same restaurant. She spotted a familiar phone number, then couldn't resist checking the name...
???
Wasn't that Boss Fang's name?
Wait, did I just group-order a meal with my direct supervisor?
*
After several days of fretting, An Yu decided to act as if nothing had happened and secretly observe whether her supervisor was having some sort of difficulty in his life.
But after watching him for a long time, she went numb:
Her supervisor still wore a different outfit every day,
His car, with its huge B and winged emblem, was blindingly flashy,
And his home was in one of the most exclusive residential complexes in the city center!
An Yu was losing her mind. Then why do you still eat group-order meals?! Is this how you experience the hardships of life?!
Her phone suddenly vibrated. She took it out and saw that mealtime had long passed, but someone had messaged her:
FY: [Want malatang?]
An Yu: ...
Her stomach gave a very ill-timed growl.
Humiliated, she replied: [1]
Probably an everyday comedy about identities being exposed. The male lead has a secret crush, and it's a single-couple story.
[Blurb written on August 3, 2025, and archived]
Theme: Every action has been planned for a long time
