[Unrequited love becomes mutual + devoted, fatherly boyfriend + short-lived bittersweet tension + winning her back]
Ji Zining will never forget what was in her eyes the first time she saw Fu Nanjing: fear, unease, and the hope of salvation...
When she was five, her birth mother abandoned her by the roadside in a famous villa district.
It was a cold night. Fu Nanjing was walking home from class when he reached out to the wretched little girl. “Would you like to come home with me?”
In that moment, Fu Nanjing saved her like a god.
Ji Zining thought she would live happily and peacefully with the Fu family forever, but fate had other plans...
When she was eighteen, her birth mother came back, claiming she wanted to make amends. But little by little, Ji Zining realized her mother had ulterior motives...
By then, Ji Zining had discovered that the secret buried deep in her heart was almost impossible to hide...
Just as she was wondering what to do, one farce after another completely shattered their relationship, and she had no choice but to leave with her whole family in tow.
Four years later, Ji Zining saw the man she had not seen in years at an industry conference. Unsure how to face him, she kept avoiding him.
She thought she had managed to slip away as the conference ended, but they still came face-to-face...
As Ji Zining tried to think of a way to speak without making things awkward, an assistant beside Fu Nanjing stepped forward and said:
“Mr. Fu, I’ve bought your medicine. Would you like to take it now?”
Ji Zining was close enough to hear every word.
“No need. The medicine is already here.”
Content warning: This is not a wish-fulfillment novel; it focuses more on the plot.
