[Republican Era + Republic of China + Capitalist + Heiress + Two Strong Leads + Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium + Business Warfare + Face-Slapping and Scum-Tormenting + Feel-Good Story + Family-Heirloom Golden Finger + Character Growth]
Everyone in Shanghai knows that Su Xichen, the precious heiress of Su Trading Company, is General Shen's “one who just won't go away.”
He drills his troops, and she brings a rattan chair over to snack on sunflower seeds beside him. He holds a meeting, and she squats outside the door embroidering him a holster.
But when the Su family is driven to the brink of bankruptcy, she leaves without even saying goodbye.
Shen Yi searches every alley in Shanghai, finding only half a line of tiny writing on the abacus in her empty home: “Head north. I've got some big accounts to settle.”
When he finds her again, she's standing amid the smoke of war, with a mountain of military provisions stacked behind her. “General Shen, need three hundred dan of flour? Come to me!”
Only then does he realize that the songbird who once circled him has grown into a phoenix capable of shouldering half the sky.
And the packet of sweet cakes hidden in his greatcoat has been warmed by the years, its sweetness carrying the taste of days gone by.
“Su Xichen, let me be the one to pursue you this time. For the rest of my life. Will you?”
The grand drama of the era begins.
