Shu Yao’s world is a quiet shade of gray. The wounds of her family life have made her shut herself away like an island, with the vibrant colors of her needlework and cheongsams as her only brightness.
Gu Chenzhou’s arrival was like a beam of light forcing its way in. He was born to shine, the son of the richest man in the country. Gentle on the surface, he was cold at heart. Yet this very man fell in love with the quiet Shu Yao at first sight, and, clumsy but determined, tried to warm her frozen life.
From high school through college, he sheltered her from every storm and supported her dream of designing cheongsams. At last, the ice melted in Shu Yao’s world, and she learned to depend on someone and to love. But when pressure from one of the country’s most powerful families came crashing down, and the shadows of the past closed in again, their unequal love was battered by a fierce storm.
For the first time, Shu Yao chose to let go. It wasn’t that she didn’t love him; she was afraid of becoming a burden. Meanwhile, Gu Chenzhou, who seemed to handle everything with ease, panicked for the first time in his life.
It turned out that all his tenderness was meant only for her. When the cool beauty resolves to shine, and the cold, domineering man protects her with fierce devotion, they will prove that love is the only salvation, and the strongest armor of all.
