How Sweet It Is to Love Like This

How Sweet It Is to Love Like This Plot:

Lin Xiaoman, a socially anxious illustrator, hides in her rental apartment drawing healing art—until Gu Shiyan, the sharp-tongued owner of the dessert shop downstairs, disrupts her peace. He mocks her illustrations as “too cloyingly sweet,” yet secretly uses them to decorate his desserts. She hates his snark, but can’t resist buying his lemon tarts every day (they’re her late mother’s favorite). When Xiaoman’s work is plagiarized, Gu Shiyan suddenly produces surveillance footage proving her late-night creative process—revealing that three years ago, he’d seen her comfort cards at the hospital while caring for his grandma, and has been quietly guarding the girl who hides warmth in her art ever since. As the “sharp-tongued pastry chef’s” secret comes to light, two people afraid to take the first step finally learn to respond to each other’s love in the sweetest way possible.