[Second male lead rises to the top + sweet with a touch of angst + love grows over time + a battlefield of rivals as he pursues his wife + no lovestruck leads + character growth]
At first, the male lead is the female lead’s unattainable ideal. She humbly wins his love, but he later abandons her and goes abroad to find his own ideal woman.
Five years later, the female lead gets engaged to someone else, and the male lead rushes to win her back. Along the way, he is hunted by the woman he once loved and suffers a gunshot wound.
The female lead happens to find the man who once abandoned her while out for a stroll and takes him in. Her clingy ex launches into a frenzied pursuit.
The male lead’s former ideal woman returns to the country to take revenge on him. The female lead gets caught up in it, but the male lead rescues her, and they clear up their misunderstandings.
The male lead abandoned the female lead to protect her. His former ideal woman is an international spy, and danger lurks everywhere. After years of enduring it all, the male lead will finally find true love.
