When a tender trap bares its fangs, how will you tell which words are sincere and which are part of a scheme?
Lin Qingyuan, a newcomer to the workforce with dreams of a career in medicine, finally gets into a top hospital, only to face the first freeze of his career. His immediate superior, Gu Yunzheng, is exceptionally skilled and handsome, but also cold, strict, and unsympathetic.
At first, it’s simply a workplace struggle for survival, full of misunderstandings and conflict. Then, during an unexpected crisis, Gu Yunzheng reaches out to him. What follows is seemingly casual concern, precise guidance, and uniquely preferential treatment... along with a heavy secret he keeps in his heart about his sick daughter.
Step by step, Lin Qingyuan falls into this extreme contrast, from coldness to tenderness. He feels for Gu Yunzheng, cares for him, and willingly wants to use the forbidden power he inherited to illuminate the darkness of the other man’s world.
But when he accidentally glimpses the cold code assigned to him in an encrypted file, “Subject Lambda”; when he notices his life slipping away in sync with his superior’s growing closeness; when he hears the chilling words, “Purification Protocol”...
Only then does he realize that he hasn’t entered a workplace, but a white trap carefully woven in the name of love.
He is the key piece on Gu Yunzheng’s chessboard, and also the devoted prisoner in his cage.
This is a battle between prisoners, with love and life at stake. When lies and devotion spring from the same source, and hunter and prey exchange roles, who will be the last one standing?
