[Peacekeeping SWAT officer × Top-tier lawyer]
[Rekindled romance after years apart + two strong leads devoted to each other + counterterrorism and criminal investigation + sweet and angsty romance after five years of waiting]
Shen Yi was a proud, unyielding peacekeeping SWAT officer. She went overseas on a peacekeeping mission for several years, the endless sand and wind honing her into someone cold and sharp. With the situation abroad growing perilous back then, she cut off contact and severed every tie with Lu Zeyan, all to keep him from being dragged down with her. Outsiders only saw her decisive, no-nonsense manner on duty. No one knew the longing that surged beneath her body armor whenever she was alone.
Lu Zeyan was one of the top litigation lawyers in the industry, quiet and steadfast as a pine tree in the mountains. He had never lost a courtroom battle of words. For five whole years, he turned down every calculated attempt to get close to him, waiting day after day beneath the poplar tree the two of them had planted in their youth. His heart remained empty, and he never gave anyone else a chance.
Their separation had been a desperate act of self-preservation in the face of impossible circumstances.
They reunited at a hostage crisis.
In the noisy, chaotic lobby, Shen Yi stood on guard with her gun, fully equipped in SWAT gear. Lu Zeyan, dressed in a crisp gray suit, was calming the hostages. The instant their eyes met, five years of silence and separation came crashing down
