Shen Shiyue lives surrounded by the cold stares and schemes of the Shen family. To them, she's a pawn they can discard at any moment. Her father favors someone else, her stepmother is a hypocrite, and her stepsister is vicious. Forced into an arranged marriage in someone else's place, she sinks deeper into misery with every step, until there's nowhere left to turn.
On a desperate rainy night, she hurriedly hides in a luxury car and unexpectedly enters the world of Huo Jing, the most powerful man in the capital.
Huo Jing is cold, ruthless, detached, and free of desire. He has no tolerance for anyone getting close and has never had a weakness, yet he makes an exception for her.
When she's framed, drugged, or pushed into desperate situations, he rushes to her side every time, quietly taking care of everything and protecting her, his affection restrained but indulgence boundless.
After a chance encounter at the hospital, Shen Shiyue mistakes a medical form for a diagnostic report and assumes that the lofty Huo Jing has a hidden ailment. Feeling guilty, she becomes increasingly cautious around him, afraid to overstep in the slightest.
But she doesn't know that he spends sleepless nights in a restless turmoil, losing all composure because of her. His restraint is a sign of respect, not inability.
Their flirtatious tension grows, and the cold, powerful man sheds his aloofness, drawing closer with gentle persistence.
His gaze is open with affection, his every word restrained yet burning: “My restraint isn't because I can't. It's because I don't want to force you.”
A girl mired in hardship meets a man of supreme power. The world fears his icy cruelty, but he gives her nothing but tender affection. A hurried attempt to hide becomes a lifetime of salvation, and she becomes the one and only love he keeps hidden in his heart.
