A possessive, lovesick academic genius versus a playboy young master who gets in over his head (Warning: intense angst, substitute romance, an unhinged male lead, confinement, and a tragic ending. Read at your own risk!)
Shu Yan loved Zhou Zechuan to the point of madness, to the point of sinking into depression and attempting suicide.
But all that man offered her was a perfunctory promise: “Let’s give it another try in five years.”
To stay alive, she found the perfect substitute in a bar: Ji Yanli.
The wealthy playboy was as fickle as he was charming, and his face was almost identical to Zhou Zechuan’s.
She treated him like a cure, but he became addicted to her.
Ji Yanli never thought he’d fall for a woman who was hot and cold with him.
He fell deeper with every step, while she stayed clear-headed. She had never been looking at him, but through him, at another man.
When Zhou Zechuan returned to the country, Shu Yan left without hesitation, as if Ji Yanli were nothing but a dream she could abandon at any time.
Ji Yanli went completely mad. He imprisoned her, forced her, and tore apart every memory she had of Zhou Zechuan, only to hear her say:
“You’re not even worthy of being his shadow.”
Later, Zhou Zechuan got married. His bride wasn’t her.
Standing in the rain at night, Shu Yan watched the happy family of three walk away and smiled softly.
Later still, she died in a car accident.
