To appease her family, Mai Cihuan enters into a marriage of convenience with Jiang Yan, a gentle bookstore owner.
He is considerate and tender, while she is calm and methodical. When a crisis at her company leads her to consider divorce, he tears up their agreement. “The game is over. Now it’s my turn to protect you.”
Only later does she realize that the deepest tenderness in the world is a masterful hunt in the name of love.