Beautiful Lady, Good Match

Beautiful Lady, Good Match is an urban sweet romance novel by Bei Qing. It began serialization on Jinjiang Literature City in October 2015, runs about 290,000 Chinese characters, and was later published under the title I Really Want to Be With You. The story opens with love at first sight: Qi Nian, a comic artist, goes to the biochemistry institute to find a friend and runs into Associate Professor Ji Yanxin, who is supervising students in the lab. His white coat, his shirt buttoned to the very top, the glasses on his nose, and his cool remark—"Whose family member is this? No one is allowed in here"—make Qi Nian's heart skip a beat. Learning that he is the youngest and least approachable professor at the institute does not deter her; instead, she sidles closer through every pretext she can find: seeking authorization, auditing his classes, and feeding his golden retriever, Qibao, until the aloof professor's life—previously confined to the lab and the lecture hall—becomes lively. Ji Yanxin seems to keep everyone at arm's length, but in truth he is simply accustomed to restraint and order; through their repeated encounters, he gradually makes room for this straightforward, persistent, and slightly scatterbrained girl, moving from "keeping his distance" to actively protecting her. The novel builds the romance through a wealth of slice-of-life scenes—stairwells, the subway, the lab, and the campus cafeteria all become places where hearts flutter—while the adorable dog Qibao serves as a "divine wingman." The overall tone is warm, sweet, and light. The full text comprises 91 chapters (including extras); the published edition is split into two volumes with 30 main chapters, plus several extras narrated mainly from Qibao's point of view and an afterword.