[Cool, chaste financial tycoon × stunning, clear-eyed newcomer actress | Showbiz | Older man-younger woman | Coercive pursuit | Intense push and pull]
Xia Zhiyan enters show business to fulfill her dream, but on the day of her audition, she wanders into the territory of Jiang Han, the devout scion of Beijing's elite circle.
Dressed in a dark gray suit, the man radiates a bone-chilling coolness and aristocratic elegance beneath his gold-rimmed glasses. He looks down at her and says indifferently, “You're too innocent to play Su Man.”
Thinking she'd failed the audition, Xia Zhiyan leaves in humiliation, unaware that she'd already become prey in a hunter's sights.
On a stormy night, a black Maybach pulls up in front of her.
Jiang Han tosses her a contract for the female lead and says casually, “Sign it, or get out.”
Trembling, Xia Zhiyan signs her name, stepping into the abyss he's carefully laid for her.
On set, he's the investor with life-and-death power over the production. He watches coldly as others give her a hard time, but when she tears up, he pins her in a secluded corner and wipes away her tears with his thumb. His voice low and dangerous, he says, “Why are you crying? You were pretty bold when you were seducing me in that scene just now.”
In public, he's the untouchable crown prince of Beijing's elite, detached and uninterested in women.
In private, he yanks off his tie, traps her in his arms, and makes her say his name again and again.
Xia Zhiyan thinks theirs is nothing but a transaction of power and desire, until the day this arrogant tycoon, eyes bloodshot, pins her against a wall and begs her in a low voice, “Yanyan, don't go. I'll give you my life.”
