That summer at Linjiang No. 1 High School, Jiang Chi was a stray dog caked in mud, while Shen Juan was a moon high above the clouds.
One was struggling at the bottom, the other raised in a wealthy family.
The distance between them was the distance between cheap orange soda and expensive strawberry daifuku, between two entirely different worlds.
And yet the stray dog wanted to bite the moon, while the moon wanted to be stained by the dust.
With his fists and his dignity, Jiang Chi gave Shen Juan a sky to shelter beneath. With his tenderness and his secrets, Shen Juan gave Jiang Chi the only home he had ever known.
“We’ll get into the same university.”
“Okay. I’ll wait for you.”
Their promise still rang in their ears when the storm of adulthood suddenly broke.
The roar of the demolition crew, the bloodshed of a car crash, the torn-up note, and those icy words: “Forget me.”
Seven years later, Jiang Chi had clawed his way out of the mud and become a top criminal defense lawyer willing to risk his life for a case. With a fierce gaze, he vowed to crush beneath his feet everyone who had destroyed his life.
Shen Juan had fought his way to the top of the wealthy world and become a business tycoon who could turn the tables with a wave of his hand. Behind a flawless mask, he laid an inescapable trap in the darkness.
When they met again in court, one was the plaintiff’s lawyer and the other the defendant’s counsel.
The tenderness they once shared had become a blade between them.
“Mr. Shen, long time no see.”
“Counsel Jiang, I trust you’ve been well.”
This time, they were no longer boys.
They would burn this rotten world to ashes, then embrace on the ruins and finally share the kiss that was seven years overdue.
