Lin Shengsheng is maliciously photoshopped and exposed on a forum, becoming the "scheming bitch" hated by the entire internet. In a fit of anger, she rushes into a famous law firm in the city center.
Instead, she accidentally stumbles into a pool of cool, clear light.
The man wears a perfectly tailored suit. A gold-rimmed glasses chain hangs beside his pale, cool neck, and his profile is sharply defined... Even the light coming through the window seems to freeze when it falls on him.
Her heart flutters like a startled fawn, and she blurts out, "Oppa! You are so handsome!" (Korean: Big brother, you're so handsome.)
The man doesn't even look up. "Speak Chinese. State the facts."
Zhao Wujin: A legend of the legal world, a fearsome criminal defense lawyer.
Calm and indifferent, these are the labels that define his life.
A brief moment of free time, filling in for an intern, is interrupted when an energetic, optimistic "sunflower" barges in.
From then on, a "fluffy" head keeps popping up in his orderly law firm to ask for advice.
Lin Shengsheng: "Lawyer Zhao, I have a friend..."
Zhao Wujin, expressionless and concise: "Get to the point."
Lin Shengsheng: "He got carried away trading crypto. What should he do?"
Zhao Wujin: "Tell him to turn himself in."
On day N:
"I have a friend who was street racing and accidentally sent someone to the ICU."
Zhao Wujin finally looks up. After a moment of silence, he says, "Sometimes, you need to make one or two more kind friends."
One day, the "sunflower" who used to peek around his office door suddenly disappears.
The world returns to the familiar, comforting silence he knows.
Long plagued by insomnia and dependent on medication to find brief moments of peace, he unexpectedly sleeps right through a bright, glaring afternoon in his office.
No careless knocks at the door. No foolish questions that somehow make him laugh.
In the utter silence, for the first time, he clearly hears his heartbeat pounding out of rhythm...
Until one snowy morning, Zhao Wujin inexplicably parks his car outside her dormitory.
His phone screen lights up in the cold air, and he sends a message that even he finds inexplicable:
"Your friends have been behaving a little too well lately."
Eight hours later, Lin Shengsheng wakes up, sees the gloomy snowy weather outside and reads the message. Disappointed, she replies:
"I'll follow your advice and turn over a new leaf. No more bad friends for me."
He looks up at the familiar window, his fingers moving slightly:
"Someone is following you downstairs. Want to come down and see?"
"???"
The window flies open, and she leans out, bleary-eyed.
Zhao Wujin stands amid the swirling snow, his black coat already covered in white frost. He is as stern and unapproachable as he was when they first met. But the instant she looks at him, he slowly, awkwardly, lifts the corners of his mouth, revealing his first clear, tender smile.
Zhao Wujin waves to her.
No one's following you. I just miss you so much.
The instant Zhao Wujin takes her fingers in his, they tremble slightly. She raises her head, tiny snowflakes clinging to her eyelashes, and suppresses her excitement as she asks on purpose, "Counsel Zhao, are you offering me legal aid?"
Zhao Wujin's voice is warm:
"This is a private service, my little friend."
Sunny college student x aloof criminal defense lawyer
Healing and personal growth, both are each other's first, eight-year age gap
The male lead has post-traumatic stress disorder, dislikes making friends, and speaks only for the sake of litigation.
Theme: Every iceberg begins to melt with an unexpected ray of sunshine
