To the Young Lady

[Flirtatious, pampered sweetheart X stoic, tough man] [Beijing heiress X Hong Kong police superintendent]

An accident leaves Sheng Yao's pink Rolls-Royce stalled in the deepest, most dangerous alley in Hong Kong.

A dying groan comes from the shadows. Blood snakes along the ground, staining her white tires.

A gunshot explodes. She grips the steering wheel, her face drained of color.

Someone knocks on the car window.

Rain blurs the glass. A towering man stands outside, muscles taut, an old scar across his brow.

His gaze cuts through the sheets of rain, cold and sharp.

"Miss, this isn't a place you should be."

*

The youngest superintendent in the Major Crimes Unit, Chi Jun is stern, ruthless, and keeps women at arm's length. He can't stand pampered girls.

Recently, he has been assigned a difficult case: protecting top-tier star Sheng Yao.

The day the assignment comes through, Chi Jun wordlessly tosses a bulletproof vest into her arms.

She wrinkles her nose in disgust. "It smells like sweat."

He replies coolly, "That doesn't affect its ability to protect you."

For two months, they have to stay close. She must remain within five meters and never leave his sight.

She goes from refusing to drink water from street stalls to needing him to help her swallow her anti-inflammatory pills.

He goes from getting a headache whenever he sees her pick at her food to personally picking every strand of cilantro out of her fish-ball soup, then ordering gruffly, "Eat!"

In the wilderness, she complains that the tent is uncomfortable and shamelessly uses his tense, muscular arm as a pillow. In the heat of an alleyway firefight, he scolds her for getting in the way, then shields her with his broad back from an entire wall of flying glass.

In his mission report, he writes: "Did a good deed today. What a handful."

In her diary, she complains: "Stupid block of stone. No sense of romance."

Until one night, in a safe house with a floor that hasn't been cleaned in ages, Sheng Yao frowns, lifts the foot insured for hundreds of millions, and gently steps onto his suede shoe.

"Officer Chi, this floor is filthy."

She spreads her arms, spoiled and utterly matter-of-fact. "Carry me over."

*

After the storm passes, they go their separate ways.

She returns to the heights, a superstar with a dazzling career. He returns to the police force, Superintendent Chi, as cold and stern as ever.

Their tumultuous time together ultimately seems like a fleeting dream.

Until one night.

In a corner of the balcony at a charity gala, paparazzi cameras are livestreaming.

Everyone sees the pampered Miss Sheng, precious down to every strand of hair, with her delicate foot cradled and massaged in a man's hands.

His senior superintendent's insignia gleams just as brightly as the rhinestones on her dress.

Sheng Yao sits on the suit jacket he has laid down for her, the corners of her eyes flushed red. She rests her other foot against his shoulder and complains petulantly, "Chi Jun, it's your fault for walking so fast... My foot hurts..."

The usually cold-hearted Superintendent Chi drops to one knee, turns his head, and presses an almost reverent kiss to the sole of her foot.

"Yes, it's my fault."

"Miss, where else would you like to step? Anything you want."

He spends his whole life writing a silent love letter to his young lady.

Theme: Break free from traditional values and become yourself.