[Male-male romance + childhood sweethearts + rekindled love + younger man + showbiz + business battle]
[Bold actor gong × Reserved executive shou | Ten years of longing × Rekindled love | A formidable team × Mutual healing]
They parted without a word ten years ago. Now, they meet again when there's nowhere to run.
At a brand event, newly crowned triple-award-winning actor Lu Yan runs into Shen Yu, the newly returned China-region general manager of an international brand. Under the flashbulbs, one is a bold, carefree top-tier star, the other a cool-headed business executive. Only they know the storm this reunion has unleashed.
After the event, Lu Yan corners Shen Yu in a car and tears away ten years of pretense with a kiss that tastes of blood. "Shen Yu, you won't get away from me this time." Shen Yu forces himself to stay calm. "Mr. Lu, please behave yourself."
They were once the closest childhood friends in the military compound, but their friendship ended abruptly after Lu Yan's father died saving Shen Yu's older brother. Shen Yu's family moved abroad, while Lu Yan broke with his politically connected family and entered the entertainment industry. For ten years, Lu Yan built an aura around himself with one award-winning performance after another, yet thought of the person who had left without a word every night. Shen Yu carefully made his way through the business world, but never let go of the faded bullet casing he'd kept since childhood.
As business deals bring them together again and again, Lu Yan's relentless advances meet Shen Yu's steady retreats. One makes veiled declarations of love in public, while the other checks his messages over and over late at night. Family pressure, past trauma, and real-world obstacles stand between them. In this tug-of-war to rekindle their love, which of them will be the first to break?
"Lu Yan, we can't go back."
"Shen Yu, how much longer are you going to keep lying to yourself?"
It develops very quickly, but sometimes it feels a bit too fast, and the relationship should be two-way, and Shen Yu's part is a bit too little. It feels like Lu Yan is unilaterally paying for Shen Yu. Lu Yan is very firm, but I don't know if Shen Yu is firm. Many emotional lines are not explained clearly, but the writing is still very good. I wish the young couple 99 and hope they can stay happy in that world (only personal opinion)