Pure Words Lock Away the Years

Fu Sinian is a powerful business tycoon who can turn the tides of the market at will. Ruthless and merciless, he is known in business circles as a “heartless reaper.” Accustomed to keeping everything under control, he has a gaze so cold it makes his rivals shudder. Only in front of the heroine does that icy shell melt, revealing even a possessive streak.

Shen Qingci is a restorer of ancient books. Her studio is tucked away deep in the old quarter. Cool and composed, she rarely shows emotion and seems indifferent to everything around her. Yet she is kind and resilient within, and fiercely committed to what she believes in. Her focus and patience while restoring ancient books are what make her most captivating.

Fu Sinian personally visits a plot of land he plans to acquire, which includes Shen Qingci’s studio. He arrives with purely businesslike intentions, but when he pushes open the old wooden door, he is drawn to Shen Qingci, who is restoring a battered thread-bound book. Head bowed, she gently brushes her fingertips over its yellowed pages. Sunlight falls across her long lashes, casting a faint shadow. She is utterly out of place in the world of scheming and intrigue he inhabits. In that moment, something deep inside Fu Sinian, a place no one had ever touched before, stirs for no reason he can explain.