24 Chapter 81: Extra: Going Home Part 2

Ning Ke got married in a whirlwind. A family alliance, with none other than Yan Yunzhi of the Yan family.

Ning Ke is spoiled, willful, and quick-tempered—exhausting to please. Yan Yunzhi is cool, gentle, and dignified, speaking softly to everyone; everyone adores her.

Ning Ke finds her utterly insufferable. So proper it's fake, so perfect it's phony. Ten years her senior, and a useless sickly thing who gets winded after two extra steps.

Two years into the marriage, they sleep in separate rooms and stay out of each other's way—a widow-style marriage in all but name.

Until one day, Ning Ke comes home and casually pushes open the bathroom door, accidentally catching Yan Yunzhi in the bath.

"Ning Ke," the always cool and gentle woman says softly through the mist, "no need to peek. Look as much as you like."

Ning Ke holds her breath, her face burning red as she snaps back: "Who's peeking at you?! We're both women—what's there to see?!"

But from that day on, Ning Ke is completely off-kilter. She thinks of Miss Yan while eating. She thinks of her while walking. Even a cough from the next room at night jolts her wide awake, unable to fall back asleep.

—She's doomed.

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While filming the variety show *Perfect Partner*, emerging star Ning Ke shares plenty of interaction with the famous violinist Yan Yunzhi, who appears as a guest for two episodes. CP fans are shipping them to death, only to be mocked: someone like Ning Ke, a traffic vase, dares to leech off a true artist?! Fans fight for two days, until the third episode, when a camera operator inadvertently captures Yan Yunzhi coming out of Ning Ke's room. The gentle, elegant Teacher Yan says softly: "She was tired last night. Let her sleep in." The cursing fans: "..."