Chief, I’ve Been Waiting

She was the only beloved treasure of the Gu family for three generations, with silver hair, violet eyes, and beauty that could topple kingdoms. The youngest top student in A University's thousand-year history, she excelled in both law and design. At twenty, Gu Yushu was dazzling, with admirers flocking around her.

She was the country's youngest law professor, with golden hair and icy eyes, cool and composed. When she was seven, her grandfather pointed to the infant Gu Yushu and told her, "This is the person you'll spend your life with." From that moment, she was captivated. At fifteen, she fell into the water and was rescued by eight-year-old Gu Yushu, and vowed to protect her for the rest of her life.

When she heard that Gu Yushu had admirers everywhere, Shi Qingyan abandoned her Cambridge tenure-track position while studying abroad and transferred to A University. One was the student valedictorian, "Your Highness"; the other, a professor with an honorary seat. Between them lay a lectern and a desk, twenty years of waiting, and a life-saving kindness that had been forgotten.

The childhood friend and young military officer Jiang Qingyu guarded Gu Yushu with perfect tact. Her cousin Fu Xingyan, whose identity was shrouded in mystery, held a shocking secret. Beneath the surface, the six great families were locked in a struggle for power. Contested seats, family rivalries, mysteries of birth, the glory and hidden battles of a thousand-year-old academy: When Gu Yushu finally learned that Shi Qingyan had waited twenty years for her, crossed eight thousand kilometers, and given up everything so many people could only dream of, she asked, "Was it worth it?"

Shi Qingyan replied, "From the moment you opened your eyes and looked at me when you were seven months old, it was destined."

I give you my deepest love, and I will never fail your happiness. This is a love that took twenty years to find its way to both of them.