[Two male leads + rekindled love + reunion after a long separation + angst early on + happy ending + younger gong]
[Scheming, possessive gong × sensitive, gentle shou]
When Xie Heng was eighteen, his father locked him in a basement and beat him until he was covered in bruises. Pei Yuan secretly climbed over the wall from the servants’ quarters and rescued him.
Pei Yuan shook the dazed Xie Heng awake. “Come with me. There’s no reason to stay in this family.”
Xie Heng resolutely pushed away the hand reaching out to him.
Pei Yuan became more and more convinced that Xie Heng had taken his kindness for granted, and never bothered with him again.
Over the next ten years, Pei Yuan kept hearing news about Xie Heng: Xie Heng graduated from college, Xie Heng started graduate school, Xie Heng got a job, Xie Heng ended up in the hospital again…
Those around Pei Yuan watched him remain unchanged for ten years and repeatedly tested the waters, asking if he wanted to go see Xie Heng.
Pei Yuan refused point-blank. “After what happened ten years ago, Xie Heng still turned me down. I’m not offering my kindness twice.”
That was until Pei Yuan spotted Xie Heng, filthy and hauling bricks, while inspecting one of his company’s construction sites. After taking a couple of looks, Pei Yuan turned away, but then transferred him to his own office without asking.
Pei Yuan grumbled bitterly, “If that old geezer isn’t leaving the Xie family to Xie Heng, who does he think he’s leaving it to, me? Is Xie Heng working here to steal our trade secrets or something?”
At the same time, he instructed his assistant, “From now on, have the new guy bring me coffee.”
But Pei Yuan had no idea what Xie Heng had been through over the past ten years.
Once, Pei Yuan asked why he had stopped playing the pipa and performing onstage. Xie Heng could only smile bitterly…
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