[18-year-old college freshman × 35-year-old government official]
[Period drama + forbidden romance + coming-of-age + tragic ending]
The summer she turned eighteen, Xia Tian faced the first great hurdle of her life. Her brother Xia Dong, the only family she had, was struck by an air compressor at the auto repair shop. He suffered injuries to his thoracic and lumbar spine and urgently needed surgery.
Faced with a 50,000-yuan surgical deposit and only six hours to get him life-saving treatment, Xia Tian went to the bar district behind her school.
There, she was drawn into a carefully laid trap, where she met the thirty-five-year-old Geng Yan, a mature man with a youthful air.
Geng Yan's tenderness, thoughtfulness, and steadfast protection made the eighteen-year-old girl fall for him completely.
Xia Tian was ready to be with Geng Yan without a title or asking for anything in return.
But Geng Yan refused.
He made a promise with Xia Tian: “Three years from now, when you graduate, if you still feel the same way, I'll marry you.”
They worked toward that promise together. After weathering pressure from their families and the organization, and just when victory seemed within reach, the people who had orchestrated the trap in the first place began closing in on them, driven by their own interests...
To keep Xia Tian safe, Geng Yan sent her far away. They thought it would only be a temporary escape from danger, but they never imagined that their parting would last forever...
