Ship Me and the Director

*25-year-old x 28-year-old, 3-year age gap —Are you trying to hit on me? —Yes. —Then keep dreaming. Qiu Yang’s girlfriend broke up with her, only to immediately announce her wedding to another man—even enthusiastically inviting Qiu Yang to be her bridesmaid. Qiu Yang: …Are you insane? To drown her sorrows, Qiu Yang signed up for a tour group. But instead of sightseeing, she spent every day in a hotel room with another woman, her voice nearly gone hoarse. After the seven-day trip ended, they cut contact. Qiu Yang treated it as a fling and brushed it off. Yet back in the city, she soon ran into the same woman at a business meeting. Her name? Shen Ningruo—the icy director of a partner company, known to make her subordinates tremble with a single glare. Qiu Yang: ? Qiu Yang: That’s not how she acted around me. Shen Ningruo’s one-year boyfriend turned out to be someone else’s fiancé—with the wedding just around the corner. When she discovered the truth, she stayed eerily calm, staring blankly at photos of the bride embracing another woman. A friend relaying the gossip “tsk’ed”: “You’re both victims of this cheating scum.” Shen Ningruo arched a brow: “Shouldn’t I meet her then?” Little did she expect to become the other woman’s rebound distraction—a fling to ease the heartache.