She was once a speck of dust, overlooked in a corner of Qing University. But after a chance encounter with a camera on a foreign street, she transformed into the dazzling international film queen Ning Mingzhen. Returning home in glory, she finds that fate has prepared not only flowers and applause, but also old schemes and fresh wounds.
Zhuang Chen, her deskmate for all three years of high school, was the beacon who guided her toward Qing University. Now he is a business magnate who can turn the tides at will. Beneath the roses of their reunion and the teasing about an “old debt from seven years ago” lie cold appraisals across the negotiating table, deliberate lowball offers, and terms bordering on humiliation. In his domineering manner, Ning Mingzhen sees only the continuation of his “betrayal” when he broke his promise to attend Qing University seven years ago, along with his deep-rooted contempt for her as an “actress.” Her old wounds have yet to heal, and new pain has already arrived.
He Lin was the cold, idolized man from Qing University’s medical school who once crushed her self-esteem. Now he is a rising neurosurgeon at one of the capital’s top hospitals. When she stars in the medical drama Benevolent Hearts as “Dr. Ning,” a doctor in his field, the two unexpectedly reunite on the hospital set. One question, delivered with professional detachment and a hint of scrutiny, instantly sends her back to square one: “Do you need to discuss the treatment plan with me in private?” Yet beneath his icy exterior, could the frozen lake of his heart conceal unspoken feelings? And could the hurt he caused, born of pride and awkwardness, have trapped him as well?
