[One-on-one sweet romance, both are each other's first and only, happy ending, two little sad souls saving each other]
Mutual salvation, slow burn, a heroine who grows, and a love that deepens over time
A devoted male lead who seems gentle and restrained but is dark inside and intensely possessive x a timid yet resilient heroine who grows
Lin Xiaoyue is tricked into returning home by her parents and locked in a room, where she is to be sold for a high price.
She thinks this is how her life will end.
Until one night, someone gently knocks on her window...
He climbs over the wall, calm and self-controlled, and helps her escape her personal hell...
She thinks he is the angel who came to save her.
Only later does she learn that he is the one who was trapped on that night, waiting for her for eighteen years.
She thinks he is her light.
But she doesn't know that she is the one who saved him.
Lin Xiaoyue: Jiang Xu is my angel: gentle, rational, and always dependable.
Jiang Xu: If I could, I'd lock you away. I beg you to tear through my facade of restraint and see this filthy heart that longs for you.
