[Mutual secret crushes + feelings returned + sweet romance + domineering CEO + both leads are each other’s first and only]
In her junior year, Ye Ning hid behind a willow tree and watched He Zheng tell the girl confessing to him, “I already like someone,” turning her down.
At college, He Zheng and Ye Ning had a secret crush on each other.
Insecure and timid because of her family situation, Ye Ning didn’t dare get close to He Zheng, the campus darling and a natural-born star.
Meanwhile, He Zheng was hurt by the distance the girl he liked kept between them. Every attempt to test the waters ended in failure, and eventually he chose to wait for her in silence.
In their final year, determined not to leave with regrets, He Zheng planned to confess at their graduation party. But Ye Ning didn’t go, because of what he had said back then: “I already like someone.” They missed each other.
And so they went their separate ways.
Three years later, they “accidentally” meet again. He Zheng wastes no time in confessing, and Ye Ning discovers that the girl he liked all along was her. They get together without hesitation.
Once they’re together, He Zheng pampers Ye Ning like a princess, always putting her first.
That secret love hadn’t been one-sided after all. It was the love He Zheng had always dreamed of, too.
Later, Ye Ning, cherished by He Zheng, is repeatedly targeted by spiteful people. When they accuse her of being unworthy of the heir to Haicheng’s wealthy He family, they have no idea the two were promised to each other in childhood.
“Mr. He, they all say I’m not good enough for you. They say I’m a sparrow trying to become a phoenix!”
“Who’s talking nonsense? I’m the toad dreaming of eating swan meat!”
A domineering, devoted CEO from a wealthy family x a radiant, down-on-her-luck true heiress
