Muted Desires: A Morandi Romance

Chen Ningxi lives her life in Morandi tones—muted, elegant, untouched by chaos. Then she meets Cheng Qiaobei, a man who embodies the same restrained palette, and suddenly her composure shatters. Their relationship begins with friction: demanding client versus exhausted service provider. But fate keeps throwing them together—hotel inspections, business approvals, an ill-timed blind date. When she needs a fake boyfriend to escape matchmaking pressure, he needs her signature on crucial documents. A perfect transaction. Except their pretend romance reveals an unexpected harmony: he works late, she…