On the banks of the Ru River, the afternoon wind and sand froze time.
Fang Ruoxi lay motionless on the sandy ground, like a lifeless leaf.
She had no external injuries, only a brand-new gold ring that pierced the heart in the sunlight.
The police ruled it a suicide, but her mother wept and denied it, saying she had been her hope after returning from Xi'an.
Yet an unsent text message pointed everything toward that man
Lin Hao He was the director's son, and Fang Ruoxi's greatest love.
Zhou Jingshen was the light she had met in Xi'an, and the final straw that broke her.
A huge expense, a fierce argument,
the shadow of a mysterious man,
peeled back the layers of her life.
When the truth finally came to light, everyone at last understood the cruelest love confession of all:
I'll trade my life for your peace and safety for the rest of your days.
