Love in Awakening – Lu Yuan, Yu Yifu

The Dream Guide is the person who guides human dreams towards the correct path. They exist in another dimension of the meta-universe and are an existence similar to "gods" in human cognition. According to the plan of the Dream Management Bureau, the ratio of good dreams to nightmares should be fifty-fifty, and if the dream balance is lost, Dream Guides are needed to guide them.

Meng is the director of the Dream Management Bureau and can freely shuttle between the real world and dreams. He sent the ace Dream Guide to guide Gu Sheng's dream and also repaired Yu Wei's dream. Gu Sheng is 23 years old and works at a dream café. She has been having too many good dreams lately and needs repair. Yu Wei has been having the same nightmare since he was a child, which severely imbalanced his dream ratio.

On January 1, 2023, Gu Sheng had a car accident in the human world. Due to a system malfunction and the accident, her consciousness dissipated, and the ace Dream Guide was forcibly pulled into her body in the real world. Therefore, the Dream Guide must ensure that Gu Sheng is safe in her original world and cannot do anything that violates human cognition.

Gu Sheng went to work at the café and met Qi Mingze, a new writer who has won various literary awards. She used to like him a lot, but she doesn't remember him now. When it was a lady's turn to order, she kept talking on the phone and didn't place her order, and she didn't want to wait beside her first. Gu Sheng went over to persuade her, but they ended up arguing.

The woman had a quarrel with Gu Sheng and picked up a cup of water next to her to throw at Gu Sheng. Yu Wei rushed over and stood in front of Gu Sheng, and the water splashed onto Yu Wei's back. The woman saw that Yu Wei was handsome, so she immediately stopped arguing and asked if Yu Wei was okay.

Yu Wei explained that the incident was caused by their staff not doing a good job, and he would like to treat the woman to a drink of her choice today. The woman shyly said that she would drink whatever Yu Wei treated her to, so Yu Wei made her the new product from the store.

A colleague told Gu Sheng that Yu Wei had always been like this and the store's business relied on him. The girls who came to the store to drink coffee were all attracted by Yu Wei's handsome face. Gu Sheng felt that being handsome was useless, and if it weren't for that, she wouldn't have come here every day and had nightmares.

In the evening, the coffee shop also sold alcohol, and a few people were here to talk business. One man was getting handsy with a girl, and the girl's manager asked her to accompany him more. Gu Sheng couldn't stand it, so she went over and pulled the girl away, telling the two men to leave.

The manager wanted to get physical with Gu Sheng but was held back by her wrist. Yu Wei heard the commotion and rushed over, and he drove the two men away. Gu Sheng felt strange that he wasn't afraid of offending customers. Yu Wei sent the girl home, and Gu Sheng realized how difficult it was for humans to survive.

Gu Sheng was walking home when she noticed a few people following her. She thought it was Meng playing a prank on her, but when she turned around, she saw that it was Manager Liu from earlier with two thugs holding baseball bats. Manager Liu said that Gu Sheng ruined his business earlier and she should apologize to him. He also mentioned that if the business went well, he would give a commission to the girl involved. Gu Sheng felt that there were too many people without any moral boundaries like them, and advised Manager Liu to be honest and not to touch the girl, or else they would end up on the news tomorrow.

Gu Sheng was about to leave when one of the thugs swung a baseball bat at her. She fought back and was protected by Yu Wei, who got injured in the wrist. Yu Wei called the police, and the group of people fled. Gu Sheng saw a figure flash by, but couldn't see who it was and thought it might be a coincidence. Yu Wei wanted to escort Gu Sheng back home, but her injured wrist prevented her from doing so. Gu Sheng offered to escort Yu Wei back home and help her bandage her wrist.

Gu Sheng brought Yu Wei back home, and Yu Wei noticed that her house was messy and wanted to tidy it up. Gu Sheng accidentally tripped and fell on Yu Wei. He quickly got up and took out the first aid kit to help her bandage her wrist. Yu Wei brought up how Gu Sheng dealt with those two people earlier and felt that he had changed a lot since the accident, and was no longer the meek and submissive girl she used to be.

Yu Wei talked about the time when he saw Gu Sheng before. At that time, Gu Sheng had just graduated from university and came to the coffee shop for an interview. The man said he was hiring models and asked Gu Sheng to turn around a few times for him to see, and he grabbed Gu Sheng's hand. When Yu Wei saw this, he asked the man to leave immediately.

Gu Sheng didn't realize that she had misunderstood Yu Wei before and thought he was someone who could do anything for the coffee shop's business. Yu Wei said he hadn't eaten yet, and Gu Sheng asked if he needed her to cook. Yu Wei nodded quickly, but Gu Sheng said he was dreaming and walked away.

Gu Sheng walked on the road, always feeling that someone was following her, but she looked back several times and didn't see anyone. When Gu Sheng returned home, she saw someone leaving from the doorstep through the cat's eye. It turned out that someone was really following her. Yu Wei felt that the coffee shop's business had declined a lot since offending a customer last time, and today was Saturday, but there wasn't a single customer in the shop.

Chen Mei is Gu Sheng's colleague and best friend. She thought that sweet romance themes are very popular lately, so they could film a short romantic drama with that theme in the coffee shop. Yu Wei thought it was a good idea and said he would find a filming team. Yu Wei naturally played the male lead, and Chen Mei volunteered to be the female lead.

Unexpectedly, during filming, Chen Mei couldn't continue because of a stiff neck. Yu Wei asked Gu Sheng to take her place and promised to give her eight days of paid leave. Gu Sheng agreed.

Gu Sheng came downstairs after changing clothes, and Yu Wei was stunned when he saw her wearing pink clothes, which he hadn't seen in a long time. Gu Sheng said he hated pink the most, but the director explained that they wanted her to look sweeter so she could be more beloved.

Gu Sheng and Yu Wei started filming, and in the film, Gu Sheng was plagiarized and humiliated by someone who pushed him down. But Yu Wei walked out of the light and helped Gu Sheng up, saying he knew Gu Sheng had been plagiarized before. Gu Sheng almost fell, and Yu Wei came to help her, and the two fell on the couch.

The director wanted the two to kiss on the lips, and he wanted the scenes to be real and not staged. Yu Wei had no choice but to give Gu Sheng three more days off, and Gu Sheng agreed. They filmed again, and this time the two kissed each other, but Gu Sheng felt his heart beating faster and didn't know why.

After the film was finished, Yu Wei and Chen Mei were satisfied, but Gu Sheng didn't like it. However, he agreed to put it in the store because of the vacation. Chen Mei thought they had good chemistry and gave them the cp name "Yu Sheng You Ni".

The film was shown in the store and attracted a group of cp fans who wanted to take photos with them. Gu Sheng was reluctant to cooperate, but Yu Wei agreed to give her three more days off, and Gu Sheng agreed and took many photos with Yu Wei.