[A Ballet Dancer with Cool, Elegant Looks] + [A Restrained, Courteous, Devoted Older Man]
Both leads are sexually inexperienced, with a five-year age gap. Love at first sight, followed by a breakup and reconciliation later on. The heroine's background has a tragic element early in the story.
When they first met, she was playing Giselle onstage while he idly twirled his pinky ring in the audience.
The moment their eyes met, his spinning fingers stopped.
After that, he became her devoted audience member, appearing before her from time to time to "ask" her to give their relationship a name.
Song Yunshu said, "If you're willing, we can have a relationship that stays hidden from the world. But in public, we can only be friends."
Shen Yanzhi said, "Since you're so sure a relationship can last no more than three years, then let's give it three years."
When their three years were up, he set off fireworks for her beside the Thames, where they had gone on their first official date. He took out a custom-made ring and prepared to propose.
But she stopped him and said softly, "Let's end this."
After a long silence, his restrained, unwilling voice came from the other side. "Why?"
"We're not right for each other."
The man lowered his head and gave a broken laugh. "Song Yunshu, your body is much more honest than your mouth."
Five years later, she returned to the country under a new name and with her old identity left behind, helping her family manage their company.
When they met again, she smoked a cigarette, parting her red lips as smoke drifted toward his face.
"Mr. Shen, want one?"
A torrential storm raged, thunder and lightning cracking overhead.
Overcome by longing, he drove to the building where she lived, just to catch a glimpse of her from afar.
"Are you trying to get yourself killed in the rain outside my building to get back at me?"
"No. I just want to love you."
"Aren't you always gentle and restrained?"
"I don't want to be anymore. I only want you."
