When the Hibiscus Blossoms

Campus romance | Childhood sweethearts | Mutual devotion | Sweet with angst | Rekindled love | Overbearing CEO A star student named Qiao Muyan transfers to a school in the capital, captivating everyone with her striking beauty and top grades. From the moment she arrives, the whole school is dazzled. Gradually, people notice that the aloof, beautiful transfer student is always with Jiang Jiuye, the senior student council president. Their closeness and easy rapport make it clear they have known each other for years and share a history no one else can enter. Their youth is tender and sweet. With hearts full of hope, they promise to attend the same university and stay together for all the years to come. The campus is filled with glimpses of their gentle, loving moments. Just as everyone is certain they will end up together, Qiao Muyan vanishes without warning, cuts off all contact, and leaves for a distant place without a trace. Jiang Jiuye, once warm and gentle with everyone, changes completely. He grows distant and taciturn, shrouded in coldness, and the whole school starts saying that the two have fallen out and broken up. Several years pass in a blur. Qiao Muyan returns home after completing her studies and takes over the vast family business. She has shed her youthful innocence and now carries herself with cool composure. When they meet again, she sees with her own eyes her former beloved, Jiang Jiuye, publicly announce his relationship with her adoptive younger sister, his affection on full display before everyone. In an instant, Qiao Muyan's heart dies. She conceals her love, pretends to have moved on, and resolves to let go of the past for good. But late one night, drunk Jiang Jiuye staggers to her home and leans heavily against her door, hoarsely calling her name again and again. His heart is full of resentment. He blames her for leaving without a word, for hiding the whole truth, and for abandoning him to go away alone. But no one knows that she left for a distant place