At twenty, she's an ordinary third-year college student with a monthly allowance of 1,500 yuan, raised by her grandparents.
At forty-four, he's been divorced for thirteen years, suffers from severe social anxiety, and is so broke he can't even afford to register his products. He's a “rogue scientist.”
She's a sunny extrovert; he's an arrogant, sharp-tongued man. She's Gen Z; he's an old fossil.
Their twenty-four-year age gap can't keep them apart from their shared dream: making sure people in China are no longer harmed by chemical products.
She barges into his lab for her research project and is blown away after trying his product.
But he says, “I'm not selling it. I can't afford the registration or production costs.”
She slaps the table. “No big deal! I'll help you!”
From then on, she becomes his “human cheat code”:
Her short videos go viral, she takes on the food and drug regulators, fights off a siege by big investors, and livestreams a face-slapping takedown of a traitor...
He goes from cold rejection to quietly watching over her, from “What do you know?” to “You can spoil my fish.”
When his daughter misunderstands, his family betrays him, his rivals resort to dirty tricks, and his company teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, she cries, “Didn't you teach me to keep going?”
For the first time, he pulls her into his arms. “I'm sorry.”
This is a story about trust, perseverance, and fiercely devoted love that defies all odds.
It's a two-way journey of devotion: “She spoils him, and he dotes on her.”
It's also an inspiring tale of how an ordinary Chinese brand fights its way to success in an age ruled by capital.
“Old Fish, let's go!”
“...Whatever you say.”
But he never let go of her hand again.
