Retired soldier king Xiao Yanchen goes undercover as the personal driver of icy CEO Shen Xingyao to repay an old debt. Five years ago, Shen Xingyao’s parents died under mysterious circumstances, and her family business concealed a maelstrom of intrigue. Xiao Yanchen, meanwhile, bears the secret of a comrade’s death and nurses his wounds alone in the city.
The reappearance of an heirloom jadeite brooch brings buried secrets to light. An incident at a charity auction reveals a hidden threat. As business rivalry intertwines with deadly danger, the paths of two lives that should never have crossed begin to converge.
Shen Xingyao has never believed in tears, much less in anyone, until this silent driver shields her through one crisis after another. From suspicion to testing him, from wariness to reliance, two battered hearts gradually draw closer in the CEO’s cold office and amid the city’s perilous nights.
But the truth is far more complicated than they imagined. Factional undercurrents within the family, the covetous eyes of international forces, and the secrets of the long-buried “Dawn Project”... When every clue points to a plan set in motion a decade ago, they must face it together:
“If this is a battlefield, will you stand by my side?”
“Not just on the battlefield. Anywhere.”
Beneath the ice lies hidden warmth; behind the steel is a tender heart. This is a pact of protection and redemption, and a test of trust and courage. When a soldier king meets a CEO, how will two lonely souls break through the ice, protect each other amid the flood of reality, and safeguard the light that never dies within them?
