I Want to Grow Old with You, but You Say You Can't Have My Heart

Billionaire CEO | 22-year age gap | Divorced older man | Angsty romance | Mutual salvation | Tense flirtation | All-consuming devotion

Zhang Ziyi thought he had won her body, but not her heart.

But Lili had already wagered the rest of her life on him. All she wanted was to stay by his side until they were old and gray.

They loved each other deeply, yet kept tormenting one another with suspicion and silence.

Everyone thought Lili was a young woman trapped in a gilded cage, greedy for wealth and luxury.

Powerful and worldly, Zhang Ziyi sheltered her beneath his wings and gave her every comfort, yet he remained trapped in endless anxiety.

He could keep her by his side, but always felt he could never hold on to her heart.

The age gap between them loomed large. He feared that as he grew older, she, still in the prime of her youth, would eventually come to her senses and run toward the young love and freedom that should be hers. He tested her again and again, retreating time after time. Though he loved her with all his heart, he was always prepared to let her go at any moment.

But no one knew that Lili had already given this middle-aged man all the years she had left.

She accepted everything he gave her, not because she craved luxury, but because she wanted the right to stay by his side.

On countless late nights, she secretly imagined them growing old together in a little courtyard, their hair turned white. She turned down every other suitor’s advances and buried deep in her heart her wish to stay with him until the end.

Her heart was full of passion, but she was too shy to say it.

His heart was full of love, but suspicion clouded everything.

Under the same roof, their hearts reached for each other, yet a fog of uncertainty lay between them.

He thought she would leave sooner or later, never realizing she had never once thought of going.

How long will it take for the misunderstandings to clear and this love, shared by both of them, to finally find its way?