Shen Yanzhou, known in business circles as “Hell King Shen,” is decisive and ruthless, with a cool, calculating mind. No one knows that the plain platinum band on his right ring finger has been there for twelve years, worn for a girl he never confessed to. The encrypted album on his phone, “Galaxy,” is filled with twelve years’ worth of her photos. And locked in his safe are 247 love letters he never sent, each addressed to the same person: Jiang Nian.
He first fell for her at seventeen, when he heard her voice acting outside the high school broadcasting station. From then on, he used her voice to fight his insomnia, anonymously invested in every animation she worked on, and bought the rights to all her voice acting performances. The most devoted thing he ever did was take care of everything for her in secret, then tell his assistant, “Don’t tell her.”
Jiang Nian is a top animator and a legendary voice actress in the industry, known as “Nian-chan.” She never shows her face. She thinks Shen Yanzhou is just her brother’s business partner, and that his perfectly timed concern is nothing more than professional courtesy. She doesn’t know that every devoted male lead she draws has his eyes and features, or that whenever she voices the words “I love you,” she pictures his face.
Her best friend’s death tears away every disguise. When Jiang Nian discovers the encrypted album, the 247 love letters, and the sight of him standing downstairs every year on her birthday, she cries through the entire night.
Twelve years of secret love, from boyhood to becoming an emperor, and he never once said he loved her. At last, she understands: the eyes she had been searching for had never left her.
“You made me wait twelve years. Now it’s my turn to wait for you, until you say yes.”
