Su Nian, an illustrator who grew up in an orphanage, is sensitive and lacks love. He is used to capturing the neglected tenderness in his paintings. Until she met Lu Chenzhou - the man who stood at the top of the business world with eyes as cold as a cold pool.
He is what others call a paranoid and ruthless person in power. The shadow of being abandoned in his childhood made him build high walls and guard his "belonging" with extreme possessiveness. When they first met, he pointed to the drifting boat in her painting and asked, "Why doesn't it dock?"
"I haven't found a shore willing to wait for it yet."
One word becomes a prophecy.
He used a deal to surround her, giving her the best of everything and the tightest shackles. He would remember the details of her not eating coriander, and would leave a light on when she was afraid of the dark. But when she was joking with others, he would ask with red eyes: "You can only show me your smile, right?"
Su Nian tried to break away, but was defeated by the vulnerability he occasionally showed - he was like a cub soaked in the rain, covering up his fear with ferocity, only to remove all disguises in front of her.
"Stay." He buried his face in her neck, his voice trembling, "Don't leave me alone."
She looked at the turbulent sea in his eyes, and finally hugged him back gently: "I won't leave."
His world was so small that it could only hold her; her world was just willing to shrink for him, shrinking into the space in his paranoid eyes.
This is not a one-sided imprisonment, but two souls lacking love who find light in each other's shadows. He is her deep sea, willing to indulge; she is his star, illuminating all darkness.
