The Gentleman’s Code

The mint candy he offers is laced with poison, and the umbrella he holds over her is a gentle cage. Only when the white rose is stained red does she realize their encounter was never a coincidence.

During the rainy season in Lingnan, impoverished top student Lin Wantang meets Shen Yanli, a young master who has transferred from Hong Kong. An elegant gentleman with cedar-scented cologne on his cuffs, he quietly comes to her rescue when others give her a hard time and remembers exactly when she buys ginger candy for her grandmother. Yet late at night, he lights a cigarette while staring at her photo, crushing beneath his heel not only the cigarette butt but also the secret of a car accident three years ago. Her father’s death may have something to do with his powerful family.