Six years ago, one glance at an art exhibition was all it took for her to fall for him. She thought of him as nothing more than a passing stranger.
Six years later, they meet again at work. The heir to the mighty Xingchen Group demotes himself three ranks to protect her, willingly taking a job as a security guard.
No one at the company knows that the man in the cheap uniform is the heir to Xingchen Group.
When his wealthy family tries to force him into a marriage alliance, he smashes his engagement glass in public and settles the score with every enemy she has.
But she has too much pride to become a parasitic vine clinging to a wealthy family.
She turns away without hesitation. “I won’t be a vine. I’ll grow into a tree that stands beside you.”
For three years, she lies low and works hard. The low-level employee once ridiculed across the internet creates her own e-commerce brand, Yuran, rises to the top of the business world, and emerges from the flames as a top CEO.
For those same three years, he turns down every marriage alliance and searches for her like a man possessed, never stopping.
They meet again at the negotiating table as equals. He sets aside his power, holds out a blue rose, and begs her to make peace, his voice trembling with humility:
“One heart, wholly yours, in exchange for a lifetime together.”
She gently pushes his business card back, clear-eyed and resolute:
“Lin Haoran, only equals deserve to talk about spending the rest of their lives together.”
Everyone says he is a fickle playboy, surrounded by admirers.
But with her alone, he is restrained, sincere, and endlessly tender.
“I don’t want to be a vine, dependent on you to survive.”
“Then I’ll be the vine, twining around you for the rest of my life.”
Everything the world sees is an illusion. Only Xu Yanyu has seen Lin Haoran as he truly is.
