"Bai Leqiu, tell me, what exactly is love?"
"Whoa, why the sudden deep question?"
"Deep? Come on! As a romance novelist, isn't discussing this only natural?"
"Oh? I thought... you were interested in me."
"...Lao Bai, could you please stop making me think less of you?"
Who would have thought that this popular author, who once declared, "Romantic comedies are the source of joy. I'm going to write them for the rest of my life!"
would now be facing her readers' eager anticipation
while unable to squeeze out even a drop of sweetness, out of ideas and on the verge of going on hiatus?
With nowhere else to turn, Chen Lu prayed to the gods:
"Oh, God! Please grant me a real romantic experience! Let me know what it feels like to have my heart flutter!"
And the gods actually answered her:
"Very well. But... you'd better not regret it."
