Long-planned schemes ❃ Getting what they wanted ❃ A twist of fate ❃ Heartbreaking anguish ❃ Age gap ❃ A powerful figure's plea
Six years, then another six.
From the time Ling Shuwan was 22 to the time Wen Yuchi was 40, they remained entangled.
Two people who weighed every choice against the other, burdened by old grievances they could never put to rest. Years of restrained longing turned into an open entanglement of love and hate.
"Wen Yuchi, are you pleased with yourself?"
"Do you think you're my savior? All I feel for you is resentment."
"Wen Yuchi, here in our country, you can keep meeting the 28-year-old Ling Shuwan forever."
"But now, I can meet the 39-year-old Wen Yuchi, and I can meet the 33-year-old Wen Yuchi, too."
"I could find a whole crowd of 20-year-old Wen Yuchis. What gives you the right to stand in front of me?"
"Wen Yuchi, let's hate each other until we can't stand it."
