[Domineering CEO, groveling pursuit of his wife, lovers reunited]
Everyone in Jiangcheng’s rich-kid circle knew that the most unruly young master, Shen, who hated studying, had returned from Luocheng with a flamboyant “Zao” tattoo on his arm.
The story of a rich kid suddenly working himself to the bone to get into an Ivy League school was more entertaining than watching someone squander their entire fortune.
Later, one unlucky guy lost a game of truth or dare and nervously went up to ask Young Master Shen what the tattoo meant.
Shen Xingchen frowned and looked up. “Zao” your mom! It’s “Pu,” as in Princeton…!
The young heirs of Jiangcheng were stunned.
Gu Yuxi, born with a silver spoon in his mouth, never imagined that his family’s decline would keep him from Princeton University, even with an almost perfect SAT score.
Nor did he imagine that the passionate love and the boy he’d known when he was young would meet him again, years after they parted, just when he had hit rock bottom.
[Ten years ago]
Shen Xingchen: “I’ll make it into the Ivy League with nothing but my own hard work! Take your damn sponsorship money and shove it! I’m going to study for the sake of China’s rise!”
Onlooker A: “Chen, weren’t you doing it for that Gu…” (Gu clapped a hand over his mouth… Don’t cover my mouth… I can’t breathe…)
[Ten years later]
Shen, yawning as he sat through a cross-border video conference, spotted a new face in the conference room of the company’s China branch. The man’s features and frown looked uncannily like those of the old flame who had kicked him years ago, as if someone from the past had returned.
Young Mr. Shen: “I’m going back to China! Right now!”
Assistant B: “Young Mr. Shen, didn’t you say you’d never chase an old flame, even if a dog wouldn’t…”
CEO Shen: “Chase him! A dog wouldn’t, but I will! I’m going after him with everything I’ve got! Buy me a plane ticket!”
