A single mother with a million in debt x an obsessive younger CEO
Thirteen years of pursuit, full of teasing tension that is both bittersweet and hilarious
When he was fifteen, he was starving to death beside a trash can. Qu Wanning, then twenty-two, took him home.
She fed him, encouraged him to keep living, and gave him the jade safety charm she had worn since childhood. "Wear it. It'll keep you safe."
Later, she sent him away. As he left, he said, "Wait for me to grow up. I'll come back and marry you!"
"You little brat, quit talking nonsense!" She smiled and tapped his forehead.
She didn't take him seriously. He did.
Thirteen years later, she was thirty-five, divorced, raising two children, and saddled with a million in debt thanks to her scumbag ex-husband. She made ends meet by running a night-market stall.
The boy from back then had built a tech company from scratch and become its CEO. He had spent thirteen years looking for her.
On the night they reunited, debt collectors cornered her and her two children in the stairwell as they came home after closing up. They threatened her, and she chased them away like a mother hen protecting her chicks.
He stood in the shadows without stepping forward. He knew she cared about her pride and wouldn't want him to see how badly things had turned out.
"Sister Ning, this time, let me protect you."
