She runs, he chases, and she can't escape.
A forcibly picked melon may not be sweet, but it quenches your thirst.
Bad ending
Male lead's perspective:
Tong Zhihe is a good friend of Fu Difei's fiancée and the girlfriend of his nephew.
A double cause for celebration, with family ties brought even closer.
But Fu Difei has never been nice to Tong Zhihe.
"She spent over ten years in America doing nothing worthwhile. No job, no savings, just getting by on her looks. Now she's suddenly back with two kids. Why would you be friends with someone like that?"
"She's only with you for your money. You want her as your girlfriend? You want to raise someone else's kids?"
At his engagement party, Tong Zhihe made a grand entrance in a Dior fairy-tale tutu dress and Jimmy Choo heels, with bold, winged eyeliner and her chin held high. On her arm was a custom Hermes bag worth 2.5 million, a gift from his nephew.
"Just because he gave me a Hermes bag, that means I have to be his girlfriend?" Tong Zhihe rolled her eyes, pouted, and folded her arms. "There are plenty of men who want to buy me Hermes. They could line up all the way from Shanghai's Xintiandi to Paris, France."
"I don't accept Hermes bags from just anyone."
"I'm just giving him a chance to show what he can do."
Later, Fu Difei joined the line of men offering to buy her Hermes.
Tong Zhihe never gave him the chance to show what he could do.
Female lead's perspective:
Tong Zhihe's first love was Peking University's campus heartthrob.
When Tong Zhihe was interning in Hong Kong, she dated a top-tier star.
When Tong Zhihe was studying in America, her boyfriend... A doctorate was too much work, and she had no time to make friends. She did, however, get reprimanded by the school for climbing trees in the middle of the night.
When Tong Zhihe performed a violin solo in Vienna, she dated a race car driver.
When Tong Zhihe was in Barcelona, she married a soccer star.
In life, academics, and work, Tong Zhihe was a genius, acknowledged by all.
Later, Tong Zhihe returned to Shanghai with her divorce papers and the child of a deceased friend, and everything fell into chaos.
She fought a battle against the world and lost.
When it came to love, she was a deserter.
Fortunately, her good friend Lin Zu'er caught her.
Tong Zhihe never expected divorced women to be so popular. Not only were the bosses of publicly listed companies vying for her attention, but the young heir of the Qian family wanted to date her, too.
On paper, she thought it wasn't a bad deal, but... their relationships were too complicated.
The young heir of the Qian family was the nephew of Lin Zu'er's fiancé. After they married, that meant she'd have to call the man she hated most "uncle" because of the young heir.
And through Yu Zu'er...
She'd have to call Lin Zu'er "aunt."
They were the same age. Why should she have to call Lin Zu'er aunt?
But a 2.5-million-yuan Hermes bag was awfully tempting.
She could accept Hermes bags from any man in the world, except Fu Difei.
"Did you ever love me? Even just a little?"
Tong Zhihe shook her head.
She had never loved Fu Difei, not from the beginning to the end.
He treated her like a precious bird to be kept in a cage.
He seemed to have forgotten that she had once flown free beyond her homeland.
Theme: Love is precious, but freedom is worth more
