Troublesome

Original Title: 难缠

Author: 鱼霜

Source: https://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=5870745

Description:

After being in love for two years, Lu Zhenqiu¹ discovered her girlfriend Tang Yingxia² was cheating. She didn’t question her, didn’t cause a huge scene, but instead, overnight, had a friend help her find a new place to live, moved out, and left.

As luck would have it, the new landlady was Tang Yingxia’s arch-nemesis³, Jin Shuilan⁴. Jin Shuilan was a well-known author and screenwriter, with a cold and aloof personality, making her difficult to get along with—a typical ‘flower on a high peak’⁵ in their circle, or ‘chronically single’⁶ for short. She had countless pursuers but never gave them the time of day and had no rumored romantic partners. No one knew she was hiding someone in her heart.

Later, this person knocked on her door in the middle of the night and moved into her house.

Small Theater:

Sales for her new book were good, so the magazine wanted to do an online live broadcast⁷ with Jin Shuilan. They invited several guests, and Tang Yingxia was among them. Not long after the broadcast started, a few barks were heard from Jin Shuilan’s end, and a Golden Retriever appeared on camera. The editor asked in confusion, “Doesn’t Teacher Jin⁸ not keep dogs?”

The ‘chronically single’ queen Jin Shuilan explained with a faint smile, “My girlfriend raises it.”

The readers filling the live broadcast room: F#ck⁹!!!

Tang Yingxia saw the Golden Retriever’s custom collar, shot up from her seat, her face turning green¹⁰.

Content Tags: Undying Love, Face-slapping¹¹, Sweet Story, Live Broadcast, Light-hearted

One-sentence Introduction: All chance encounters are meticulously planned designs.

Core Idea: Destined lovers will eventually be united.

Footnotes

陆枕秋 | Lù Zhěnqiū
唐迎夏 | Táng Yíngxià
死对头 | sǐduìtóu | Literally “death-match opponent” or “mortal enemy.” Refers to a sworn enemy or arch-rival with whom one has a long-standing and often irreconcilable feud. Common English equivalents: arch-nemesis, sworn enemy, bitter rival.
靳水澜 | Jìn Shuǐlán
高岭之花 | gāolǐng zhī huā | Literally “flower on a high mountain peak.” A metaphor for someone (often a beautiful woman) who is admired from afar but is seen as cold, aloof, unapproachable, or unattainable, much like a beautiful flower growing in an inaccessible high place. Common English functional equivalents: ice queen, unattainable beauty.
孤寡 | gūguǎ | Literally “solitary and widowed” or “orphaned and alone.” In modern internet slang, especially in webnovel contexts, it’s often used humorously or self-deprecatingly to describe someone who is perpetually single, aloof, or seems destined to be alone, sometimes implying they are socially awkward or unapproachable in romantic contexts. It can carry a slightly teasing or melancholic tone. Common English functional equivalents: chronically single, lone wolf, forever alone.
直播 | zhíbō | Live broadcast, live streaming. A common activity in modern internet culture and frequently featured in webnovels, often involving celebrities, influencers, or authors interacting with their audience in real-time.
老师 | lǎoshī | Means “teacher.” A respectful form of address for teachers, mentors, or experts in a field, such as an author like Jin Shuilan.
草 | Cǎo | Literally “grass.” In Chinese internet slang, this character is a very common euphemism for 肏 (cào), which means “to fuck.” It’s used as an expletive similar to “fuck,” “shit,” or “damn” in English to express shock, frustration, or strong emotion.
脸都绿了 | liǎn dōu lǜ le | Literally “face all turned green.” An idiom describing someone’s face changing color due to extreme anger, frustration, shock, envy, or illness. Similar to the English “green with envy” but can also signify anger or sickness. Common English functional equivalents: face turned green (with anger/shock/envy), livid, pale with fright.
打脸 | dǎ liǎn | Literally “to slap (someone’s) face.” A very popular trope in Chinese webnovels. It refers to a situation where someone who was arrogant, dismissive, or wrong is proven spectacularly wrong or humiliated, often by the protagonist they underestimated. It provides a satisfying reversal for the reader.