My Dearest Encounter

[Eight-Year Age Gap]

In his twenty-eight years, Zhou Xuannan has lived a hedonistic, unrestrained life and never cared to be called a “good person.”

Then fate gives him an identity he never saw coming: he becomes Qing Wan's guardian.

The role feels like an invisible shackle, yet it carves out a place in his heart unlike any other.

Every struggle to become a better person, every awkward effort to hold himself to a high moral standard, is for one person alone.

“Have you ever wanted to become a really good person for someone?”

The girl's question burns itself into his heart. He pushes her away, almost cruelly, believing it's the only way to save them both.

But when Qing Wan resolutely walks away and disappears into the crowd for good, she becomes the ache and obsession he cannot escape.

Years after their separation, they reunite without warning. Amid a noisy drinking party and a crowd dressed to the nines, she stands poised and graceful. Her gaze passes over him, calm and unruffled, as if he were a complete stranger.

Qing Wan says she has forgotten everything between them and hopes he will forget it too.

“So what exactly is going on between you and Qing Wan?” A friend's blunt question exposes the part of Zhou Xuannan he has long buried and refused to examine.

He is the forbidden figure in her youth, impossible to define and liable to shatter at the slightest touch.

She is the one light in his reckless life he wants to protect, yet is destined to become his weakness.

This silent romance began with the duty of guardianship, was constrained by an eight-year age gap, and became entangled in fervent emotions and strict moral shackles. Is it right or wrong?

When love erodes the boundaries of protection, and the duties of a guardian clash with the heart's betrayal, what path can they take?