Li Xiaoman always thought that whatever she had with the young master Yang Yanci was just a casual bit of attention from a boss to an employee.
After all, she was the copywriter with the least presence in the brand department, secretly keeping herself afloat by drawing “ugly cat” comics in her spare time.
And he was so far above her that even a single glance from him felt like a gift.
Until one lunch break, he came downstairs in person and named her as his assistant in front of the entire office.
Until she saw the red cord on his wrist:
The one she’d thrown into the trash in her senior year of high school.
“Why did you pick it up?”
He lowered his eyes, his voice soft. “Your dad asked me to look after his daughter.”
“I’ve been doing it for ten years.”
So the first meeting she remembered had actually been a long-awaited reunion for him.
So every page of the ugly-cat comics she’d drawn for three years had been secretly kept by him.
So he’d also spent ten years waiting for answers about the old case that had left her father in a vegetative state, case number YH-2016.
She thought she’d spent ten years investigating alone.
It turned out someone had been standing behind her all along, guarding every moment she’d left behind.
“This time,” he drew a line across her palm, “I’ll help you investigate to the very end.”
Tonight, the old case still won’t rest. Tonight, someone is waiting for her.
[Reader’s Guide]
The heroine is poor and timid, but she never backs down when it really matters. The hero is aloof and quiet, but he shows his love through actions and has watched over her for ten years. One-on-one, happy ending.
