[Purely sweet romance + strong, top-student heroine vs. powerful man with a deep, possessive crush + unrequited love becomes mutual + older man, 14 years her senior + disabled, gloomy second male lead pursues his wife and faces regret]
Xia Wan spent more than a thousand days and nights by Zhou Huaiyu's side, taking meticulous care of him every day. Then his childhood sweetheart returned, and Xia Wan finally saw that the eldest young master Zhou's gloomy temper wasn't directed at everyone.
All his tenderness, patience, and good humor were reserved for Zhou Cheng.
She watched coldly and backed away once, then twice. Her heart had gone cold, and she had given up on Zhou Huaiyu romantically.
Then Zhou Cheng showed her the truth about what had happened three years ago.
Xia Wan's heart turned to ashes, but she didn't cry.
“I'm done. Don't expect to see me again.”
Zhou Huaiyu finally panicked.
The night Xia Wan left, a Hongqi state limousine that had been waiting for a long time was parked outside the Zhou residence. The window rolled down, revealing a face she had seen many times but never really paid attention to.
“You're taking long enough. Get in,” he said.
Lu Yanshen. Zhou Huaiyu's uncle.
No one knew why Xia Wan opened the car door and got in. Maybe even she hadn't figured it out.
Later, she became his “personal assistant,” kept safely behind him and shielded from harm. Little by little, she realized that this man knew everything and had been planning this for a long time.
She asked him, “When did you start liking me?”
Lu Yanshen said, “The first time you came to the Zhou residence, you carried Zhou Huaiyu upstairs. You were a head shorter than him. I watched you for a long time from the corridor.”
Xia Wan buried her face in his arms, knowing that he had silently protected her all these years.
“Thank you, Lu Yanshen.”
Lu Yanshen held her close and finally smiled.
“Wanwan, time has flown by. At last, I'm not too late..”
