Evening of Roses

Ke Zhi Hong went from Tainan to Taipei for a job and it happened that Xia Mei Gui became his landlord simply because her dog seemed to like him. Xia Mei Gui's name sounds the same as in Mandarin who was his dream-lover in the university. Is he needs to take a long time to realize that he loves Xia Mei Gui even though it's so obvious to the others?