[Faithful couple + older sister and puppy-like younger man + reunion after years apart + secret love + redemption + slow burn + happy ending]
Gentle, sharp-minded restorer of ancient books x cool, resilient restorer of historic architecture
Three years ago, she was the youngest project manager in her field. An accident branded her a “murderer,” stripped her of her professional license, and sent her fleeing back to her hometown in disgrace.
Three years later, she opens a historic-building restoration studio on an old street nearly forgotten by everyone. She spends her days dealing with rotten wood and broken tiles, thinking this is all her life will ever be.
Then a man named Gao Zhizhan moves in across the street.
He restores ancient books, gentle and refined, with a clean, warm smile, like someone stepped out of an old painting. He brings her hot soup when she works late, quietly helps her when people give her a hard time, and waits for her at the lane’s entrance late at night until she gets home.
Everyone says Shen Linyi has met the right man.
But only she knows that beneath his tenderness lies a test, and his thoughtfulness conceals a scheme.
Because he holds the truth about the accident three years ago, a truth that is also the stain on his father’s life.
When redemption and love arrive at the same time, how can she forgive the “son of her enemy” she has fallen for?
The hardest thing in this world isn’t hating someone. It’s falling in love with them after you’ve hated them.
