[Gentle, refined young lady × bloodthirsty, obsessive, unhinged crime boss]
[One-on-one romance + imprisonment + escape attempts + older woman/younger man romance + seven-year age gap + angst before sweetness]
After seven years apart, Ji Chenyuan saw Ji Qingyuan again at her wedding.
“Big Sister, the roses are in bloom. I’m here to take you with me.”
“I lied to you, silly. I’ve always thought of you as my little brother.”
“Do you really not love me at all?”
“I do, but only as family.”
Just as Ji Chenyuan was about to forcefully take her away, he looked up and saw the two of them kissing.
Later, Ji Chenyuan locked her inside a cage he had carefully built just for her.
“Big Sister, you can’t leave now.”
The second time she tried to escape, he killed every guard right in front of her...
The third time, he locked her in a cage of snow until she shivered with cold.
The last time, he broke her leg with his own hands.
The winters in Beicheng were bitterly cold, and every rose in the estate had withered.
“Big Sister, the roses have wilted. Are you going to abandon me too?”
“I won’t, A Yan. I’ll be waiting for you up ahead.”
“A Yan, we were both wrong. We were wrong because we loved each other too much.”
