Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

River said, "I need a partner. How about you come with me to rob a bank? You stand lookout,

I'll do the job, and we split the money fifty-fifty. Deal?"

Romina frowned. “I'm a law-abiding citizen. I don't do anything illegal.”

River shrugged. "Well, if I don't have a partner, I won't go either. In that case, I'll just rob you."

His roguish expression irritated Romina even more. "A man like you shouldn't fall in love. You'd only hurt whoever you end up with. And here Sister Seren was asking me to find you a girlfriend."

“I'm not in a relationship. Can't you see I'm still single at thirty-one?"

River looked at her and grinned. "My sister-in-law gave you this impossible task on purpose, didn't she? Just so you could laugh at me. But hey, we're both in our thirties. Still single. Still mocking each other. A couple of lonely losers." Romina shot him a glare, grabbed the clothes, and turned to leave. She didn't want to keep arguing. Deep down, she'd already decided to give that blind date guy a chance.

At twenty-nine, being single with no prospects left her open to all sorts of gossip. Dating? Sure. Marriage? She'd decide that later.

felt that living alone wasn't

finally spoke to River. "River,

not like it would kill you. But no, you throw a fit and

you take ten days off and go on a few blind dates?" Romina had

out your own. Someone like him? He's better off single.

Romina added, "I'd rather stay single forever

say that like I'm dying to be

like that, the two were at it again, snapping back

look

stuck in the

asked her to bring Romina out shopping because

out, his

just how they were. Years of butting heads had turned into a habit. Romina had once said that if they