On the day of the Lin family's young master's coming-of-age ceremony, his father gave him a taciturn bodyguard.
Intrigued by the bodyguard's mysterious aura, Lin Qi enticed and pressured him into exploring the adult world.
Later, as the Lin family teetered on the brink of ruin, predators closed in from all sides.
Pinned in the dirt, the young master sought out the bodyguard to avenge him. The man only looked down at him and laughed cruelly. "Why should I? Did you think I was still a dog raised by your Lin family?"
Then Lin Qi learned that the Lin family's downfall had all been his doing.
*
At a banquet, someone stirred the pot: "The Lin family's young master is in a pretty miserable state these days. Young Master Jiang, do you really feel no attachment to your former master and servant relationship?"
Jiang Chiyan spun his metallic lighter and smiled. "I'd almost forgotten that person existed."
That night, news broke of a fire. A lowly kitchen helper had burned to death in the urban village. They said he had once been born into a wealthy family.
Before the banquet had even ended, the usually composed and self-controlled head of the Jiang family left with a dark expression and searched the ruins all night.
*
Three years later, a video of a guesthouse went viral online. In the footage, the owner was arranging flowers with his head bowed, looking just like that person.
Everyone in their circle knew that it had been three years since Jiang ever mentioned the man.
They met again in a small town a thousand kilometers away. The young man's calm eyes made Jiang ache with bitterness. His Adam's apple bobbed as he murmured, "Qiqi."
The young man raised his eyes and asked in confusion, "And you are?"
The hunter who had once plotted everything and trampled on his own feelings now spoke with a trembling voice. "...Would the dog you used to keep still be welcome?"
A scheming bodyguard pursues × an innocent, pampered young master receives
A groveling reconciliation romance
Theme: Everything falls into place in time
