Six years ago, a sudden family disaster upended Shen Wanqing's life.
With her family bankrupt, her loved ones in danger, and debts weighing on her, she forced down her heartbreak so she wouldn't drag Pei Yanci down with her. Pretending to be coldhearted, she personally cut off their young love, endured the whole internet's condemnation, and went abroad alone.
From then on, everyone believed she had abandoned him in his darkest hour.
In the six years after Pei Yanci was left behind, he outgrew his youth and fought through every thorn until he rose from having nothing to the pinnacle of business in Jing City. Decisive and ruthless, cold and obsessive, he controlled the city's financial lifelines. Everyone feared and revered him; no one dared cross him. Outsiders said he hated the first love who had heartlessly walked away, but only he knew that beneath his hatred lay six years of love and longing that had never faded, with nowhere to go.
Six years later, Shen Wanqing returned to the country in style.
The lively, playful girl of the past had long since shed her innocence, becoming a composed, self-possessed, independent CEO, gentle yet sharp. Confident and levelheaded, she returned to reclaim the Shen family business maliciously seized by her second uncle's family and settle every old score.
They met again as strangers at a prestigious gala.
He was cold and distant, feigning indifference. She was composed and courteous, keeping her distance and never taking so much as a step toward him.
But no one knew that beneath their cold exteriors, their old love still surged unabated.
