A bet started it all, but they wagered an entire lifetime.
Shen Qingci is the famously aloof beauty of the Chinese department, while Jiang Lin is the business school's adored star. A joke bet among friends, “Win Shen Qingci over in a week,” prompts Jiang Lin to deliberately pursue her.
At first, she thinks nothing of him, but his forceful intrusion into her life gradually wins her heart. Then, during a downpour, she hears the truth about the bet with her own ears and leaves, heartbroken. He finally comes to his senses, but by then, his terrible approach has only driven her farther away.
Ten years of entanglement, with love and hate burning them both.
Three years later, they meet again at work. He is the CEO, and she is his subordinate. He tries to take her by force and keep her under his control again; battered by the past, she has learned to stand on her own and love herself. When he denies her in public for the sake of his interests, her heart finally dies, and she disappears into the crowd.
Only when she is trapped in a deadly predicament in the snowy mountains does he risk his life to charge into danger and shield her from a fatal blow with his own body. At death's door, all her hatred crumbles, and she finally sees his diary, filled with remorse and devotion...
“Shen Qingci, it took me ten years to learn one thing: love isn't about possessing you. It's about protecting your freedom to fly.”
He casts aside his pride and begins the long road to winning her back. She rises from the ashes and becomes someone who shines on her own. When the prodigal truly returns and their scars become badges of honor, can they overcome their family feuds and emotional barriers and start over?
This time, they won't return to the past. Two better versions of themselves will meet as equals and find their way to each other.
