The Unruly Caged Bird

[Two Male Leads]+ [Revenge]+ [Wealthy Families]+ [Angsty Romance]+ [1v1]

The Xie family fell from grace overnight. Once the darling of high society, Xie Jinglan had to cast aside all his pride and self-respect to save his family. He had been one of Shanghai’s brightest stars, but now he could only force a smile at drinking parties, surrounded by investors with fat bellies and leering eyes that seemed to strip him bare inch by inch. He thought he had hit rock bottom, until, while desperately seeking help, he saw the figure he thought existed only in the depths of his memories.

Huo Zheng had once been the most loyal shadow of Xie Jinglan’s youth. His world was so simple that it held only the name “Xie Jinglan.” His eyes always followed him, full of restrained, burning devotion. But eight years ago, the Xie family casually discarded that humble loyalty, and Huo Zheng disappeared into the vast sea of humanity.

When they met again at a private club, their positions had been completely reversed. Huo Zheng was no longer the bodyguard who followed at Xie Jinglan’s heels. He was now a rising business tycoon with the power of capital at his fingertips and an imposing presence. Huo Zheng imprisoned Xie Jinglan in a lavish cage built with money and power, forcing him to shed every bit of his pride. He wanted to watch the proud bird clip its own wings for him and submit to him.

As the love of the past and the hatred of the present entwine, and forced possession becomes indistinguishable from desperate protection, who is really imprisoning whom in this captivity disguised as revenge? Huo Zheng thinks he is the hunter, standing high above his prey. But he does not know that when he wakes from midnight dreams and looks at that familiar sleeping face, he is the one trapped in a cage of his own making, unable to escape. The bird in the cage has long since slipped beyond control, and the man outside it has long since lost his composure.