[A little angst / rivalry / mutual healing, a clear-headed, level-headed woman with a prickly exterior VS a cold, distant man who keeps his feelings to himself]
Chu Yuanshu always thought that she and Xia Hengjia were together purely because each had something the other wanted.
When Xia Hengjia got engaged, she took the initiative to end their relationship.
“Let’s not see each other again. I don’t want to damage your reputation or disrupt your family harmony.”
Xia Hengjia’s face turned cold. “Who do you think you are? What makes you think you could affect my reputation or family harmony?”
Later, Xia Hengjia fell out with his family and was crushed, framed, and besieged on all sides.
Putting the past behind her, Chu Yuanshu gave him her wholehearted support.
“You’re a coward. If you like someone, you should keep liking them. What kind of skill is it to pursue me, then dump me halfway?”
Once her secret love was returned, everything began to make sense.
Chu Yuanshu had always thought her relationship with Xia Hengjia was just an accident. Only later did she learn that she had always been part of his plans.
“Mr. Xia, I’ve stabbed someone and been to prison. My family background is murky, and my character is questionable. Are you sure you still want to keep secretly loving me?”
“Ms. Chu, I’m hypocritical and cold, ruthless, and an expert at wearing two faces. But when it comes to you, my heart has never changed.”
A love kept hidden with patience, a devotion that never wavers. When everything finally becomes clear, they realize fate had already laid its plans years ago. After all their twists and turns, the two of them were always destined to meet at the same point.
