Xia Yi is the most contradictory presence in Wen Nian’s life. She is as proud as a noble snow lotus and refuses to be tempted by anything, yet it was because of Xia Yi that her path to an education was cleared. He is covered in thorns, yet when she was at her lowest, he offered her salvation. When “dignity” becomes a blade between them, a bond forged in the name of money quietly grows into feelings neither can put into words. All her desperate pleas for love earn her the same reply, again and again: “I’ll pay you back.”
She clutches her pride and flees his protection, but he tears away his mask of indifference and closes in step by step. “Wen Nian, what you owe me was never money.”
A secret crush simmering beneath the surface, a battle between self-respect and being cherished... When the lies fall away, can they overcome their pride and prejudice and face the passionate love buried deep in their hearts?
