In the seventeenth year of the Republic of China, Shanghai was in a storm.
Shen Zhiyi is the leader of the Shen family. His cheongsam is stained with blood, he is decisive in killing, and he stands up alone in troubled times.
Ten years ago, she picked up a dying boy on a cold rainy night, named him Gu Yanci, and took him as her personal attendant.
He was docile, quiet, and submissive. He had been hiding behind her for ten years. Everyone laughed at him for being a coward who relied on his master's family.
She thought he was an obedient shadow and a disposable attendant, but she didn't know--
In these ten years, he never looked away.
He hid his overwhelming power, suppressed his crazy obsession, and became her sword, her shield, and her escape route.
He watched her hold on, watched her lonely, watched her obsessed with Bai Yueguang for ten years, watched her fight against the whole world alone.
He didn't imprison her, didn't push her, didn't force her, he just guarded her silently and watched her quietly.
Until the night banquet, when the old friend returned, her eyes lit up with a long-lost light.
That night, the docile young man tore up his mask, without shouting or forcing, just a whisper that had been silent for ten years:
Sister, I have been staring at you for a long time.
It turns out that the ten years of meekness were all a disguise, and all the forbearance was just for one person.
He was never a weakling who needed her protection.
He is the most secretive person in power in Shanghai, the madman who smoothed the thorns for her, and the person who loves her to the core and protects her for ten years.
This entanglement begins with redemption,
Finally, she was moved, and he won.
From then on, we walked together in troubled times, standing side by side, never separated again.
