Shen Zhiyi has a face so beautiful it could captivate a nation, but a heart as cool and distant as ice.
Her parents died suddenly, leaving her nothing but 500,000 yuan in compensation and a ruby necklace with an indistinct design. Alone and adrift, she struggles through the final year of college.
Lin Yihan enters her life like a sudden shaft of light, bringing her breakfast, keeping her company, and quietly standing by her side. His tenderness seems flawless.
She thinks she has found the only warmth in this fleeting world, never realizing it is merely the gentle trap of a hunter.
After she turns down his dramatic confession, he drops his disguise and stages a heroic rescue, trapping her in a deception called “love.”
Only when the truth comes to light does she see the selfishness and cruelty at his core.
Just as the Lin family is arranging a marriage alliance, she leaves the country on a guaranteed graduate-school placement. Five years later, she returns in triumph as the world’s leading jewelry designer, known as N. The brand she founded, “Light Recounted,” has become a coveted symbol of luxury among the elite.
When they meet again, he is Mr. Lin, the all-powerful figure of A City, while she is a dazzling legend in the design world.
He corners her and asks in a low, hoarse voice, “Zhiyi, how much farther are you going to run?”
What she doesn’t know is that beyond this reunion, Shen Mingxiu, the world’s richest man, is staring at her face, which looks just like his late wife’s, while holding a paternity test.
Her true origins are far more astonishing than any love story.
This time, she will never again be a bird in anyone’s cage.
