After I Was Laid Off, I Became My Former Company's Backer

In a fiercely competitive tech metropolis, Xu Meiling is a tenacious engineer who believes in putting technology first. After her work is stolen and she is laid off, she rises from the ashes in the depths of despair. A year later, she makes a triumphant return with a groundbreaking patent and deep pockets, becoming the former company’s most powerful backer. At the negotiating table, she comes face-to-face with Gu Huaizhou, the CTO who once watched coldly from the sidelines. He is icy on the outside, but deep down, he submits only to true ability. The humiliation she suffered in the past becomes her leverage today. She moves carefully, forcing the villains to their knees and making the arrogant Gu bow his head and agree to work with her. Yet as their business rivalry grows more intense, hostility gives way to admiration, and competition to attraction. Gradually, they uncover the tenderness and determination beneath each other's hard exterior. This urban romance is a story of triumph and redemption, and of two evenly matched souls recognizing one another. When a tech genius meets a rational-minded elite, love is never defined by anyone else: it is written through strength.