We Reunited, but We're Not Getting Back Together. Mr. Pei, What Are You Panicking About?

[Rekindled Romance] [A Battle of Equals] [Intense Push and Pull]

A clear-headed, ambitious beauty with a fox's cunning × a powerful Beijing insider who yields at every turn

Five years after their breakup, Xu Xiyan contacts Pei Jingchen first, sending just eight words:

"Mr. Pei, could you put me in touch with someone?"

She wants to join the task force for the most important project in Jing City, and her ex happens to control the opportunity she needs to get in.

When they meet again, she negotiates, takes advantage of his influence, and is entirely upfront about using him.

He accepts it all, with just one request:

"Next time you need a favor, come to me and me alone."

To everyone else, Pei Jingchen is cold and hard to approach, a man whose word can decide the fate of tens of millions.

But with Xu Xiyan, he remembers what she doesn't eat and keeps comfortable flats ready for her. Even knowing she has an ulterior motive, he keeps paving the way for her.

He thinks that if he gives her enough, she'll eventually stay.

Then she returns his old belongings, blocks him everywhere, and by the time they meet again, someone else is at her side.

Still beautiful and composed, she raises her glass to him:

"Mr. Pei, we're nothing to each other now."

Xu Xiyan wants a future, choices, and an honest relationship that doesn't require guessing or gambling.

But all Pei Jingchen has ever wanted, for his entire life, is her!

He lives for Xu Xiyan alone, and has always believed that there are no twists and turns, just a series of events caused by his clumsy love for her.