[High-ranking cadres of the era|Abstinence for Beijing officials|Forbidden secret love of pseudo-elders|Redemption from family breakdown|Abuse first, then sweetness]
In the late autumn of 1962, I got a startling glimpse at the gate of Jingdong No. 3 Middle School.
Shen Yanci is a high-ranking official with a bright future in the capital. He is cold and ascetic, and has a strong character so that strangers should not approach him.
But he fell in love with his benefactor's sixteen-year-old daughter.
Due to his status and ethics, he could only pretend to be cold and distant.
The little girl raised her head timidly and called him softly: "Uncle-in-law."
He was cold-faced and perfunctory, and his attitude was extremely distant.
She had misunderstood him for many years, thinking that he hated her from the bottom of his heart and avoided him everywhere, not daring to get close to him.
No one knows that he is cold because of his sense of propriety, but hot because of his heartbeat.
In a sudden change, the Su family was framed and destroyed overnight.
Her parents passed away, her fiancé changed her mind, and her relatives made trouble for her. She was reduced from a delicate daughter to an orphan, and she was in a desperate situation.
Just when she collapsed in despair, the uncle who had been cold all year round broke through all worldly restraints and stood in front of her.
Before the mourning hall, he bowed and promised to use all his power to protect her stability for the rest of her life and avenge her.
Everyone in the world knows that he is upright and self-possessed, and abides by ethics and teachings.
Only he knew clearly that from the first sight, his heart had been planted on Su Wanying, and he could never take it back.
Reader comments
The male and female protagonists are 18 years apart, they are old enough to be fathers, and they have been divorced. Although it is a marriage by agreement, they are still very estranged.
The male and female protagonists are 18 years apart, they are old enough to be fathers, and they have been divorced. Although it is a marriage by agreement, they are still very estranged.