[Rekindled Romance | Keeping Secrets from Each Other | The Male Lead's Long Road to Redemption | A Powerful Team | Both Chaste and from Elite Families]
Four years ago, at the University of London, the heir to the powerful Xie family in the capital hid his identity and fell in love with the only daughter of a Hong Kong shipping magnate, who was hiding her identity too.
An unexpected turn of events made him disappear overnight. A letter of explanation was intercepted, and she mistakenly believed he had only been playing along.
She left him with the words, "I'll pretend we never knew each other," then returned home and cut off all contact.
Three years later, at the Beijing International Shipping Summit,
he sat in the host's seat at the head of the table. When he checked the list of attendees and saw her name, his fingers suddenly tightened.
At the negotiating table, she looked up with a smile playing on her lips. "Mr. Xie, I've heard so much about you."
"Heard so much?" He lowered his eyes to look at her, his voice soft.
"I'm afraid your memory is failing you, Ms. Zhu. We haven't met in a long time."
From that day on, Ms. Zhu, newly arrived from Hong Kong, found her life impossible.
She changed the clients for her deals several times, but he was always there at the table.
She met with a client; he swooped in and stole the deal.
When she angrily demanded an explanation, he didn't so much as blink. "The first rule of the Xie family's business policy: important assets must be under our exclusive control."
Later, when her old illness flared up and she was admitted to the hospital, the most aloof and untouchable man in Beijing had red-rimmed eyes as he sat by her bed and rasped,
"This time, don't leave without saying goodbye."
A Little Scene
Later, after the misunderstanding was cleared up, she asked in a trembling voice, "So all these years, you..."
He pressed her against the door and leaned down, their breaths mingling, but in the end, he only placed a gentle kiss on her forehead.
"So..."
"I've brought the very best of Beijing to you. Could you turn around and look at me? Please?"
On this shipping route, love is the only harbor.
